Khone Falls - Khone Falls

Japanese: コーン滝 - コーンたき（英語表記）Khone Falls

The largest waterfall in Asia on the Mekong River. In French, it is called Chutes De Khone. It is located about 100 km south of Pakse in Laos, near the border with Cambodia. The falls were formed where the river flows down basalt, which is not easily eroded by river water, and it branches into two, one large and one small, with a small island between them. The waterfall has a drop of 14 meters, but the maximum amount of water falling per second is 9.5 million cubic ^meters , almost twice that of Niagara Falls, and is second only to Sete Cedas Falls on the border between Brazil and Paraguay. Navigation on the Mekong River is blocked by this waterfall.

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Japanese:

メコン川にかかるアジア最大の滝。フランス語では Chutes De Khone。ラオスのパークセー南方約 100km，カンボジアとの国境近くにある。滝は川が河水による侵食を受けにくい玄武岩を流下するところに生じたもので，間に小さな島をはさんで大小 2本に分岐する。落差は 14mであるが，1秒間あたりの最大落下水量は 950万m³とナイアガラ瀑布のほぼ 2倍で，ブラジルとパラグアイの国境にあるセテケダス滝に次ぐ。メコン川の航行はこの滝によって阻まれている。

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