Cambodia
AsiaCambodia's southwestern coast opens onto the Gulf of Thailand, giving it access to Southeast Asian trade routes and rich fishing grounds that have fed the country for millennia.
The mighty Mekong flows south through eastern Cambodia, providing water, fish, and fertile silt — it is the lifeblood of the country and one of the world's most biodiverse river systems.
Cambodia's lowland plains are covered in tropical forest and rice paddies, watered by a dramatic monsoon season that floods vast areas each year and then retreats, leaving behind nutrient-rich soil.
The 'Great Lake' at Cambodia's heart is connected to the Mekong by a river that actually reverses direction twice a year — swelling to six times its dry-season size during the monsoon.
- The Tonlé Sap Lake is one of the world's most remarkable flood pulses: during monsoon season, the Mekong pushes so much water backward into it that it grows from about 2,500 sq km to 16,000 sq km — an area the size of Connecticut.
- Angkor Wat, built in the 12th century, is the world's largest religious monument — larger than Vatican City — and was once the center of a city of up to one million people, making it one of the largest pre-industrial cities on Earth.
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