Tonle Sap
Americannoun
noun
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Pheng has seen the amount of fish he is able to reel in from Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake dwindle to around 30 percent of his original catch.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2017
Southeast Asia’s largest lake, Tonle Sap is situated 125 miles west of Lower Sesan 2.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2017
A few incongruous factories are scattered among the fields, but mostly it’s a green landscape that stretches to the broad waters of the Tonle Sap River.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2015
Then head to Sisowath Quay and hire a boat for a cruise on the Tonle Sap River for views of Phnom Penh’s pagoda-dotted skyline.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2011
The buildings are narrow, closely built, as the city’s perimeter is longer than it is wide, stretching two miles along the Tonle Sap River.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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