Tonle Sap Lake

Tonle Sap Lake , also called the lake, north of Cambodia, is elongated in the heart of Cambodia, is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia . Plain lake, flat, wide , long, wide 110duoqianmi 500 kilometers Northwest southeast , Cambodia, Phnom Penh and meet on the Mekong River in Cambodia. It's like a giant green emeralds , driven into the ground in Cambodia, Khmer Nation provides a strong guarantee of resources for development and prosperity , is the Cambodian people " living lakes ."


Tonle Sap Lake Khmer Bceng Tonle Sab . Tonle Sap means " large freshwater lake " or simply " great lakes " , there is an argument to say that Tonlesap Greek "sea" means the Yuan Dynasty , Zhou Daguan happens, Tonle Sap is called " ocean light . " French called it the Great Lakes .
Largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia . Phnom Penh , also known as lake . Is located southeast of Indochina, Cambodia. Are connected by the Tonle Sap and Mekong River , the natural reservoir of the Mekong River . Annual dry season Tonle Sap River flows into the Mekong River to supplement water scarcity Mekong when lake 150 km long, 30 km wide , covering an area of 2700 ~ 3000 square kilometers , with an average depth of only 1 meter . Whenever the rainy season arrives, the development of the Mekong when the rage of the river and the Tonle Sap River , flooding in the lake, which reduces the spread downstream Mekong . Tonle Sap Lake to extend to more than 10 000 square kilometers, the vast lake 100 km wide, with an average depth of 10 meters, 11.5 meters deep. When the dry season, reduced the water level of the Mekong intrusion in the Mekong , a little more than 1 m of water. Outside the Mekong River , it sinks into the river around supplies mainly rely on , Tonle Sap that major Morikawa , Sreng , Stung , Mongkol Borei , Jacques , bodhisattvas , River Battambang river. 110Duoqianmi wide plain, flat , wide, long, 500 km to the lake, the land is fertile and rivers are horizontal , land of swamps and dense forests , and together in the Mekong Delta in Cambodia " Central Plains " is an important agricultural area and Cambodia where rice cultivation takes place. Fish are abundant , rich in rice around . Transportation is convenient , when flooded , air currents through the various tributaries can be up to 4 meters in provincial capitals in the region of the lake.


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