Key facts
- Native name
- Sông Sài Gòn ( Vietnamese )
- Country
- Vietnam
- Province
- Đồng Nai , Tây Ninh , Ho Chi Minh City
- Source
- Tonlé Chàm
- Location
- Lộc Ninh district
- Mouth
- Nhà Bè River
- Length
- 251 km (156 mi)
- Basin size
- 4,788 square kilometres (1,849 sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Vista de Ciudad Ho Chi Minh desde Bitexco Financial Tower, Vietnam, 2013-08-14, DD 04.JPG
- Length
- 256
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- watershed area
- 5000
- Commons category
- Saigon River
- discharge
- 54
- native label
- Sông Sài Gòn
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The Saigon River (Vietnamese: Sông Sài Gòn) is a river located in southern Vietnam that rises near Phum Daung in southeastern Cambodia, flows south and southeast for about 230 km (140 mi) and empties into the Nhà Bè River, which in turn empties into the South China Sea some 20 km (12 mi) northeast of the Mekong Delta.
During 1981–1985, a dam was constructed across the river, just north of the town of Dầu Tiếng, to form the Dầu Tiếng Reservoir for irrigation purposes. Saigon River is joined, southeast of downtown Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) by the Đồng Nai River. The river is important to Ho Chi Minh City as its main water supply as well as the host of Saigon Port, with a total cargo volume loaded and outloaded of more than 35 million metric tons in 2006.