Cambodia's Great Lake, the Boeung Tonle Sap(Tonle Sap Lake) is the most prominent feature on the map of Cambodia. a huge dumbbell shapped body of water streching across the northwest section of the country. In the wet season, The Tonle Sap Lake is one of the largest fresh water in Asia, swelling to an expansive 12000km2. During the dry half of the year the Lake shrings to as small as 2500km2, draining to the Tonle Sap River, which meanders southest, eventually merging with the Mekong River at the "Chaktomuk" confluence of river opposite Phnom Penh. But during the wet season a unique hydrologic phenomenon causes the river to reverse direction, filling the lake instead of draining it. The engine of this phenomenon is the Mekong River, which becomes bloated with snow melt and runoff from the monsoon rains in the wet season. The swollen Mekong back up in the Tonle Sap River at the Point where the rivers meet at the Chaktomouk confluence, forcing the waters of the Tonle Sap River back upriver in to the lake. The fold, inundating the surrounding forested floodplain and tem. More than 100 varieties of waterbirds including several threatened adn endangered species, over 200 species of fish, as well as crocodiles, turtles, macaques, otter adn other wildlife inhabit the inundated mangrove forests. The Lake is also an important comercial 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 the economy and way of life deeply intertwind with the lake, the fish, the wildlife and the cycles of rising and falling waters. The Lake sits only about 15km south of Siem Reap town. If you take the ferry between Phnom Penh And Siem Reap, you will cross the lake and dock at the village of Chong Kneas. There are several ways to see the culture and wildlife of the lake area depending on amount of time  you have and your interest. For tour arrangement at Tonle Sap Lake,

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