Lehoiduathuyen Balan description

The annual boat race on the full moon day in November coincides with the end of the rainy season. At this point, the water in the lakes and swamps is flooded, creating vast fields of water to fill the silt for the coming crop. As the Mekong River rises in the rainy season from August to November, water from the Mekong floods into the Tonle Sap River flowing back to the Tonle Sap Lake in the northwest. At the end of the rainy season, water from Lake Biosphere runs down the Mekong River from northwest to southeast, creating a very favorable natural regulation for agricultural and fishery production in Cambodia and South West Viet Nam. Male.