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Tonle Sap - Phnom Penh
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The Lake is the largest fresh water in South East Asia. Its
dimension changes depending on the monsoon and dry season.
During raining season from June to October, the lake is filled
by water flowing from the Mekong with 14 meters in depth and
expands the surface of 10,000 square Kilometers. In dry season
from November to May its size 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. The
flooded forest surrounding the edge of the lake is the best
shelter and also very important for all kinds of fishes spawned
and breeding babies. This lake providing many of biodiversities,
over 300 species of fresh water fishes, as well as snakes,
crocodiles, tortoises, turtles and otters. More than 100
varieties water birds including storks, pelicans, etc
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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 edges 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
The lake located
about 15 km south of Siem Reap town; you can make your journey
from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh by express boat crossing the lake
and dock at the village of Chong Khneas. Its takes only six
hours, but this trip we may recommend you during Monsoon season.
In dry season the boat sometimes stuck in mud because the water
is low. There are several ways to see the culture and wildlife
of the lake area depending on the amount of time you have and
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12.67013, 104.26649 |
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