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Tonle Sap
Tonle Sap - Cambodia's natural wonder. The Tonle Sap, also called "Great Lake", is the largest lake in Southeast Asia. It is located almost in the middle of Cambodia, occupying an immense geological depression. Due to the effects of the dry season and the water flow in the Mekong the lake increases to many times its normal size. Its feed river runs one way for six months and the other for six months.
A belt of freshwater mangroves known as the "flooded forest" surrounds the lake. The floodplains in turn are surrounded by low hills, covered with evergreen or deciduous seasonal tropical forest. Interlocking forest, - grassland and marshland patches provide for the abundant local wildlife.
The lake’s flooded forest and the surrounding floodplains are of utmost importance for Cambodia's agriculture as the region represents the cultural heart of Cambodia, the center of the national freshwater fishery industry - the nation's primary protein source.
Tonle Sap
Tonle Sap - Cambodia's natural wonder. The Tonle Sap, also called "Great Lake", is the largest lake in Southeast Asia. It is located almost in the middle of Cambodia, occupying an immense geological depression. Due to the effects of the dry season and the water flow in the Mekong the lake increases to many times its normal size. Its feed river runs one way for six months and the other for six months.
A belt of freshwater mangroves known as the "flooded forest" surrounds the lake. The floodplains in turn are surrounded by low hills, covered with evergreen or deciduous seasonal tropical forest. Interlocking forest, - grassland and marshland patches provide for the abundant local wildlife.
The lake’s flooded forest and the surrounding floodplains are of utmost importance for Cambodia's agriculture as the region represents the cultural heart of Cambodia, the center of the national freshwater fishery industry - the nation's primary protein source.