Tonlé San (, ), also known as the Sesan River (), is a river that flows through central

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and north-east

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. It is a major tributary of the

Mekong River The Mekong or Mekong River ( , ) is a transboundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's List of rivers by length, twelfth-longest river and List of longest rivers of Asia, the third-longest in Asia with an estimated l ...

. Its tributaries include the Dak Bla, Dakpsy, Sa Thầy and Lagrai rivers. A short portion of the river forms a part of the

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between Cambodia and Vietnam. There are a number of hydropower dams on the Se San River and its tributaries. Where it joins the

Srepok River The Srepok River (, ; Yagrai: Eă Srêpôkô; ) is a major tributary of the Mekong River. Geography Srepok River runs from Đắk Lắk Province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam through the Ratanakiri and Stung Treng provinces in Cambodi ...

in the Lower Se San 2 Dam. Upstream is the dam cascade: Se San 4A, Se San 4, Se San 3A, Se San 3, Yali Falls. On the Dak Po Ko River is the Plei Krông dam. There are also several dams on tributaries of the Dak Bla, including the Dak Snghé, tributary of the Dak Bla, is the Upper Kontum dam and hydropower plant, which discharges into the Tra Khuc River, and the Dak Doa.

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Rivers of Cambodia Rivers of Gia Lai province Rivers of Kon Tum province International rivers of Asia Cambodia–Vietnam border Tributaries of the Mekong River Rivers of Vietnam {{Vietnam-river-stub