What is the largest lake in zhina Peninsula? Which river does it connect to?
Tonle Sap is called Bceng Tonle Sab in Khmer. Geographical location map of Tonle Sap Lake
TonleSap Lake means "a huge freshwater lake" or simply "a big lake". There is a saying that Tonlesap comes from the Greek word "sea" By this time, Zhou Daguan of the Yuan Dynasty called Tonle Sap Lake "Danyang". The French call it the Great Lakes. The largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia. Also known as Phnom Penh Lake. Located in the southeast of Indochina Peninsula and the west of Cambodia. It is connected with the Mekong River through tonle sap river and is a natural reservoir of the Mekong River. During the dry season every year, the lake enters the Mekong River through the Tonle Sap River, which makes up for the lack of water in the Mekong River. At this time, the lake is 150km long, 30km wide, with an area of 2700-3000m2, and the average water depth is only about1m.. Whenever the rainy season comes, the Mekong River soars, and the turbulent river flows back into the lake through the Tonle Sap River, thus reducing the floods in the lower reaches of the Mekong River. At this time, the surface of Tonle Sap Lake has expanded to more than 10000 square kilometers, with a wide surface of about 100 kilometers, and the average water depth often exceeds 10 meter, with the deepest point reaching1.5 meter. In the dry season, the water level of the Mekong River drops, and the lake water flows back into the Mekong River, with a water depth of only 1 meter. In addition to the Mekong River, Tonle Sap Lake is mainly replenished by rivers flowing into it, among which the main rivers are Sen River, Silun River, Mongobolai River, Battambang River and Bodhisattva River. The lakeside plain is flat and vast, 500 kilometers long and 1 10 kilometers wide. The land is fertile, rivers crisscross, and there are many swamps and dense woodlands. Together with the Mekong Delta, it constitutes Cambodia's "Central Plains" and is an important agricultural area and rice producing area in Cambodia. Fish is abundant, and rice is also abundant around. Convenient transportation. When the water rises, ships with a draft of 4 meters can reach the provincial capital around the lake area through various tributaries.
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