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Prek Toal

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Prek Toal is a bird sanctuary and Ramsar wetland site in the northwest corner of the Tonle Sap, the great freshwater lake of Cambodia, in Battambang Province near Siem Reap, and lies within the larger Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve. Covering about 42,000 hectares under the Cambodian Ministry of Environment, it was formally designated a Ramsar site on October 2, 2015, and is known for concentrating rare waterbirds and rich biodiversity as the dry season shrinks the lake around it.

Facts
Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
International Designation
Ramsar Site (Wetland of International Importance) 1
International Designation
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve 1
Designation Category
Bird Sanctuary 1
Area (sq km)
420 1
Governing Body
Cambodian Ministry of Environment 1
Governing Body
Governing Body (category)
Ministry of the Environment 1
Sources
1. Prek Toal (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead sentence
    is a bird sanctuary and Ramsar site located within the Tonlé Sap Biosphere Reserve, at the
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  • Lead section
    Prek Toal is a bird sanctuary and Ramsar site located within the Tonlé Sap Biosphere Reserve, at the north-west corner of the Tonlé Sap.
  • Infobox: governing_body
    Cambodian Ministry of Environment
  • entity-description, international-designation unesco-biosphere-reserve
    Prek Toal is a bird sanctuary and Ramsar wetland site in the northwest corner of the Tonle Sap, the great freshwater lake of Cambodia, in Battambang Province near Siem Reap, and lies within the larger Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve.
  • entity-description, international-designation ramsar-site
    Prek Toal is a bird sanctuary and Ramsar wetland site in the northwest corner of the Tonle Sap, the great freshwater lake of Cambodia, in Battambang Province near Siem Reap, and lies within the larger Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve.
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Wikidata: Prek Toal
  • Wikidata Q16898775, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Part Of: Cambodia, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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Wikidata: Cambodia
On Continent: Asia, Wikidata item for Cambodia, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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