Tuesday, March 13, 2012

History of Thmor Dach Water,Trapeang Roung Eco Tourism site, Koh Kong district, Koh Kong province


(Written by Ty Theavy, edited by Jesica Hemsen)
This rapid bed is the basin where the sliding water is stored during the rainy season. It is called Thmor Dach waterfall. In Cambodian language it is called Thmar Dach, but in English it means; hole in the rock. This hole has happened because of seasonal water erosion. This rapid bed is full of water from May until October. But in the dry season there is no water.
This site was found in 2008 by a research team from the Community Based Eco tourism project in Trapeang Roung. It is a good camping place for hunters and Rong rasin collectors. There is no other name for this rapid and the waterfall. It is named by CBET. It is given its name because of the specific location of the holes where the water starts falling down in the middle of a dangerious peak in the floor.
The hole is getting deeper and deeper because the water floats through it every day.
This rapid bed is 10 meters wide.  If you walk along this waterfal there is another waterfall. This one is called the waterfal of Teanh Vor ( hold tight the creeper). Right there, we can go down into the valley or climb up to the top of the water slide, hold on tight to the creeper. In this area there are many kinds of medicinal plants such as the elephant lung also known as ant nest plant.

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