Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A lake of central Cambodia. It is the largest lake in southeast Asia.
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Cambodiaa land of paddies and forests dominated by the Mekong River and Tonle Sap
Geography-note 2008
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Geographynote: a land of paddies and forests dominated by the Mekong River and Tonle Sap
Cambodia 2008
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For example, people in Cambodia obtain about 60 – 80% of their total animal protein from the fishery in Tonle Sap and associated floodplains; in Malawi, 70 – 75% of the total animal protein for both urban and rural low-income families comes from inland fisheries.
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Location and General Description The swamp shrublands and forest of the Tonle Sap Freshwater Swamp Forests ecoregion include two forest associations that have been described for the extensive floodplain area of Tonle Sap, a short tree shrubland covering the majority of the area and a stunted swamp forest around the lake itself.
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But until it produces at least a long-term plan for developing and managing Tonle Sap, all its efforts will amount to so much fiddling.
Troubled Waters 2007
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Rice farmers and fishermen in Cambodia have long abided by the rhythm of the monsoon and dry seasons, which causes the country's largest freshwater lake, Tonle Sap, to swell and contract.
NYT > Home Page By THOMAS FULLER 2011
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Rice farmers and fishermen in Cambodia have long abided by the rhythm of the monsoon and dry seasons, which causes the country's largest freshwater lake, Tonle Sap, to swell and contract.
NYT > Global Home By THOMAS FULLER 2011
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China and Laos, which will result in a longer, hotter dry season for the Tonle Sap, a shift which promises to significantly shrink the lake's floodplain and have disastrous consequences for fishery yields and freshwater availability, putting the food security of millions into question.
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We were picked up by tuk tuk and dropped off at a port called Tonle Sap.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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We reached the edge of Tonle Sap, where Siem Reap River meets the lake.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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