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  Area  
 
250,000-300,000 ha in the dry season
1.0-1.6 million ha in the wet season
 
 

Hydrology

20% of the Mekong River's floodwaters are absorbed by the Tonle Sap
62% of the Tonle Sap's water originates from the Mekong River
38% of the Tonle Sap's water originates from the Tonle Sap watershed
The Tonle Sap River flowing into the lake causes the lake’s surface to expand from 2,500 km² to 16,000 km²

Fish caught from the Tonle Sap Lake provide 40-70% of the protein intake of Cambodia's population
 
  Socioeconomic  
 
1.2 million people live in the area bordered by Highways No.5 and No.6.
The Tonle Sap yields about 230,000 tons of fish per annual (more than 50% of Cambodia's total)
 
Provinces around Tonle Sap
Provinces around the Tonle Sap Odor Meanchey Siem Reap Kampong Chhnang Pursat Krong Pailin Banteay Meanchey Battambang Preah Vihea Kampong Thom
 
 
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 Academic Papers and Research
  Biodiversity: Issues relevant to integrated natural resource management in the humid tropics
  Fishing Disarmed
  Impacts Of The Yali Falls Dam On Cambodia
  The Khmer Mentality
  Vulnerability Of Fisheries In Cambodia
 Most Recently Uploaded Textual Data
  The Watershed Management Rosource Kit
  Live & Learn Environmental Education - Community Theatre Report – April 2006
  Community Environmental Awareness Flipchart: FACILITATION GUIDE [Khmer]
 
  Most Recently Uploaded Spatial Data
  Landuse for Roleab Commune, Pursat.. [11-19-2007]
  Landuse for Kaoh Chum Commune, Pursat.. [11-19-2007]
  Landuse for Chamraeun Phal Commune, Pursat.. [11-19-2007]
 
  New Publications
 
Preliminary Investigation of Ground Water Resources in the Tonle Sap Basin   Preliminary Investigation of Ground Water Resources in the Tonle Sap Basin


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 Laws and Regulations
Land Law [Khmer] [English]
Forestry Law [Khmer] [English]
Law on Collection and Dissemination of Statistics                [English]
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 Key Issues
Threats to the Tonle Sap
Biodiversity
Land Use, Agriculture and Forest
Fisheries
Water Resources
The Common Policy and Strategy for Tonle Sap
  Most Recently Uploaded Tabular Data
  PursatData_table..[]
  Statistic_Tourism_Kg_Chhnang..[2002-2007]
  Profile_international_visitor_arrivals_to_Cambodia_by_frequency_of_visit_table..[2003, 2004, 2005]
 Links to Other Environmental Websites / Clearing House Mechanisms (CHM)
Biodiversity Clearing-House Mechanism of China
Biological diversity's Clearing-House Mechanism
Cambodia Biosafety Clearing-House
Centre d'Echange du Burundi
CH-CHM Biodiversity
Clearing House Mechanism D.R.Congo
Clearing-House Mechamism Slovak Republic
Clearing-House Mechanism to the Convention on Biological Diversity of Chad
Clearing-House Republic of Niger
European Community Biodiversity Clearing House Mechanism
National Biodiversity Clearing House Mechanism of Kenya
Netherlands Clearing-House Mechanism for Biodiversity
European Community Biodiversity Clearing House Mechanism
Philipine Clearing House Mechanism
Thailand Clearing-House Mechanism
UK Clearing House Mechanism For Biodiversity
Key User Groups
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Education Institutions
The Royal University of Phnom Penh
National University of Management
Svay Rieng University
NTTI, National Technical Training Institute
National Institute of Bussiness (NIB)
Paññasastra University of Cambodia
Norton University
Cambodian Mekong University
University of Cambodia
SETEC University
Asia Euro University
Cambodian University for Specialties
International University
Chamroeun University of Polytechnology(CUP)
Build Bright University
 
     
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