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Ancient water system could save Cambodia?s sinking Angkor |
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Radio Australia has reported that a 1000-year-old water system
could be the answer to preventing the nation’s Angkor temples
from sinking.
Cambodia welcomed two million tourists
last year and with figures expecting to reach three-million this
year, authorities are growingly concerned with the area's
underground water reservoir. Scientists also believe that if
unregulated pumping of water from beneath the temples continue, the
ancient ruins could be destroyed forever.
Cambodia's Minister for Commerce, Cham
Prasidh said that by reviving the ancient water system, pressure
from the temple’s underground water supply could be
alleviated.
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