Tonle Sap

[ton-ley sahp]

noun

1. a lake in W Cambodia, draining into the Mekong River.

Tonle Sap

/ ˈtɒnlɪ ˈsæp /

noun

1. a lake in W central Cambodia, linked with the Mekong River by the Tonle Sap River . Area: (dry season) about 2600 sq km (1000 sq miles); (rainy season) about 10 000 sq km (3860 sq miles)

Example Sentences

The members of the group Mother Nature were arrested after they documented waste run-off into Phnom Penh's Tonle Sap river.

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They were detained on June 16 while documenting waste discharge into the Tonle Sap river near the royal palace, according to the Cambodian Center for Human Rights.

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Mother Nature's Sun Ratha, 26, Ly Chandaravuth, 22, and Yim Leanghy, 32, were detained on June 16 while documenting runoff into the Tonle Sap river in Phnom Penh, human rights monitors Licadho said.

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Cambodia’s capital of Phnom Penh on Saturday began overseeing the dismantling of “floating home” communities on the banks of the Tonle Sap River over the objections of longtime residents who say they have nowhere else to go.

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At the same time, he has begun researching the effects of eight large, government-mandated, no-take zones established in 2013 in Cambodia’s Tonlé Sap Lake, a hugely important fishery where reports indicate fewer and smaller fish are being caught.

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