Monday, March 4, 2019

The Great Lake Tonle Sap- Siem Reap


Tonle Sap Lake is circled by five provinces. And about three million of population inhabited around the bank of the lake and 90% of them earn a living by catching fish and making agriculture.

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Tonle Sap Lake is the largest fresh water in South East Asia. Its dimension changes depending on the monsoon and dry season. During the rains, the lake is filled by water flowing from the Mekong with 14 meters in depth and expands the surface of 10,000 square kilometers. Whereas in dry season, its size i.e. 3,000 square kilometers with two meters in depth and water flows out from the Lake to the Mekong, in and out flowing is the natural phenomenon occurrences.

This lake is also an important commercial resource , providing more than half of the fish consumed in Cambodia. In harmony with the specialized ecosystems, the human occupations at the edge of the lake is similarly distinctive – floating villages, towering stilted houses, huge fish traps, and an economy and way of life deeply intertwined with the lake, the fish, the wildlife and the cycles of rising and falling waters.

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