Si Phan Don

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The Si Phan Don (meaning 4,000 islands) is a region of Champasak Province in southern Laos.

The Mekong river flows through the province, and just above the Cambodian border, is broken by the Khone Falls, a large number of rapids which make this sections almost impassable to river traffic. During French colonial times a narrow-gauge railway was once built to transport across the rapids.

The Mekong below the falls has a population of Irrawaddy Dolphins.

 

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