Cambodia Tourist Guides — Environment

Cambodia is wrapped in an exquisite environmental charm, framed with flowing rivers, gloomy green forests, snow capped hills, blue delectable mountains and animals thronging the forest areas. The Mekong River meanders from Laos in the North to Vietnam in the South. The Tonle Sap River uniquely reverses its flow during October, doubling the size of the Tonle Sap Lake. Water dominates the majority of Cambodia. The Mekong River is Cambodia's largest river, it flows through Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and reaches Phnom Penh where it alternately links with Bassac River and Tonle Sap and flows further to South China Sea. During monsoon, both the Mekong and Bassac River overflows flooding extensive areas.

Cambodia is bounded by mountains like Dangkrek on the North, Cardamom in the South and Elephant mountains on the Southeast. The great Tonle Sap Basin lies in between the Dangkrek and Cardamom mountains. Mount Phnom Aural (1771meters) is the tallest mountain in Cambodia. The virgin green forest crowding the Northeast region of Cambodia is rich in rare woods. Even Mondulkiri and Ratnakiri are thronged by rain forests in the North, the East and the West. The temperature uniquely remains pleasant, and ranges between 27 degree centigrade and 32 degree centigrade. Winter ranges from November to February whereas the rainy season is from May to October. The month of April and May remains quite wet and humid.

Animals and birds largely dominate the topography of Cambodia. The jungle cow, called Ko Prey is the national animal of Cambodia. Wildlife comprising monkeys, deer, rhinoceros, crocodiles and tigers are also abundant in Cambodia. It is royally forbidden to hunt the Ko Prey, the Cambodian jungle cow.

Wild lives have now decreased considerably than ancient times. The Tigers, elephants, rhinoceros, snakes and even leopards were all either destroyed by hunting or by war, which had unfortunately led to the decline of the jungle cow, specially. But even then, jungle life of Cambodia still remains quite crowded. One can also find rich wild life in and around Tonle Sap River and Phnom Penh. Some birds otherwise extinct like Grouse, Herons, Pheasants, Pelicans and wild ducks are also seen. The Flora and Fauna International (FFI) has regarded that Cardamom Mountains are of global importance and has set out to protect wild life, especially Asian Elephants, Ko Prey, Wild Dog and Gibbon.

An agreement has been signed to protect the National Parks of Cambodia like Bokor, Ream and Virachey.

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