| Siem Reap River | |
|---|---|
 Siem Reap River | |
| Location | |
| Country | Cambodia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Phnom Kulen[1] |
| • elevation | 420 m |
| Mouth | |
• location | Tonle Sap |
| Length | 80 km |
| Basin size | 670 km2 |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 6.8 m3/s (240 cu ft/s) |
TheSiem Reap River (Steung Siem Reap;Khmer:ស្ទឹងសៀមរាប) is a river flowing throughSiem Reap Province, in north-westCambodia. The Siem Reap River was originally an offtake channel constructed during the Angkor period, used to divert water from thePuok River southward, probably to theEast Baray. Because of the straight nature of a channel, the water flowed much faster than in a natural river. This caused the bed of the channel to erode as much as 10 meters in some areas, and probably caused problems with diverting the water to the East Baray. Over the past thousand years, the channel has gained smallmeanders and a unique ecosystem, and thus it is more accurate to call it a river.[2]
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