Tonle Sap

The Tonle Sap Great Lake is of enormous social, cultural and environmental value. It is one of the most productive and diverse fisheries systems in the world, providing key breeding grounds for fish and 60% of Cambodia's protein intake. It is home to some of the largest breeding colonies of some of the world's most threatened water birds. It is the largest lake in Southeast Asia, and boasts the largest seasonally flooded freshwater swamp forest habitat in Southeast Asia, and one of the largest snake hunts in the world, with over 6.9 million water snakes captured each year.