Mekong River, Southeast Asia (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)

"The Lake appears to communicate with the Mekong, and the story goes, no doubt fabulous, that boats have come up to Ta-li from the Ocean."

"Baber writes when arriving to the Lan-tsang kiang (Mekong River): “We were now on the border-line between Carajan and Zardandan.”"

"officers of the French expedition up the Mekong."

"…in his journey to Kiang Hung on the great River Mekong, as accompanying the caravans of Chinese traders on their way to the Siamese territory."

"… we reached the banks of the Mekong, gleaming under the moonlight."