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The Tonlé Sap Lake

 
 

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The Tonlé Sap Lake

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The Tonlé Sap Lake Lake Tonlé Sap, Cambodia Lake Tonlé Sap is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia. Datacraft / age fotostock

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  • Lake Tonlé Sap, Cambodia

The very large Tonlé Sap Lake is worth a detour. You will discover a whole life organised around fishing there, with mobile villages on rafts that move in accordance with the variations in the water level caused by the Mekong in spate. Connected to the river by a channel 6 miles long, Lake Tonlé Sap is located almost in the centre of the country. It is known for being one of the largest freshwater fish reserves in the world. It owes this richness to an astonishing natural phenomenon. From mid-May to the beginning of October, the level of the Mekong rises, forcing the channel water back. This sees its water course reverse in the direction of the lake, whose surface doubles. During the dry season, the channel resumes its usual course, draining the lake waters towards the Mekong.

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