Western Barai, Angkor, Cambodia in Dec. 2001. It is a 8km long, 2.1 km wide rectangular artifical lake West of Angkor built for irrigation and flood control. The embankment dam overflow leads to irrigation channels.
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Hubert Chanson, Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia
This web site was launched by Prof. Michele Mossa of the Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy) with the initial support of Fondazione Caripuglia, Bari, Italy for the Research Project LIC-MON of 2003 and of the Project IMCA (Integrated Monitoring of Coastal Areas) financed by MIUR PON D.M. 593/00. Later, the initiative was supported with other Prof. Michele Mossa’s funds, most recently provided by the RITMARE Project.
Western Barai, Cambodia - Artificial lake
