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Phra Prong River
The Phra Prong River ( th, แม่น้ำพระปรง, , ) or Khlong Phra Prong () is a river in Thailand. Geography The Phra Prong originates in the Sankamphaeng Range, a mountainous area between the districts Watthana Nakhon of Sa Kaeo, Lahan Sai of Buriram and Khon Buri of Nakhon Ratchasima. It flows southwestward and joins the Hanuman River to become the Bang Pakong River The Bang Pakong ( th, แม่น้ำบางปะกง, , ) is a river in east Thailand. The river originates at the confluence of the Phra Prong River and the Hanuman River near Kabin Buri, Prachinburi Province. It empties after 231 k ... in Kabin Buri District, Prachinburi Province. The river is long. References Phra Prong {{Thailand-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sa Kaeo Province
Sa Kaeo ( th, สระแก้ว, ) is one of the 76 provinces (''changwat'') and lies in eastern Thailand about 200 km from Bangkok. Neighboring provinces are (from south clockwise) Chanthaburi, Chachoengsao, Prachinburi, Nakhon Ratchasima, and Buriram. To the east it borders Banteay Meanchey and Battambang of Cambodia. History Sa Kaeo became a province in 1993, when the six districts Sa Kaeo, Khlong Hat, Wang Nam Yen, Aranyaprathet, Ta Phraya, and Watthana Nakhon of Prachinburi province were elevated to provincial status. It is thus one of the four newest provinces of Thailand, together with Amnat Charoen, Nong Bua Lamphu, and most recently, Bueng Kan. The province is overwhelmingly Theravada Buddhist (99.4 percent). In 1979 Sa Kaeo Refugee Camp was established northwest of Sa Kaeo town. It closed in 1989, but the legacy of the border clashes of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s is ever present. The largest land mine field in the world was planted along the Thai-Cambodia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang Pakong River
The Bang Pakong ( th, แม่น้ำบางปะกง, , ) is a river in east Thailand. The river originates at the confluence of the Phra Prong River and the Hanuman River near Kabin Buri, Prachinburi Province. It empties after 231 kilometres into the Gulf of Thailand at the northeastern tip of the Bay of Bangkok. The watershed of the Bang Pakong is about . The river powers a power station near its mouth, near Highway 7. To protect the Irrawaddy dolphins, fishermen on the Bang Pakong River have been persuaded by authorities to stop shrimping and 30 to 40 fishing boats have been modified so they can offer dolphin sightseeing tours. Dvaravati settlements include Muang Phra Rot, Dong Si Maha Phot, Dong Lakhon, and Ban Khu Muang. Dvaravati coins have been found at U-Tapao.Higham, C., 2014, ''Early Mainland Southeast Asia''. Bangkok: River Books Co., Ltd., Toponymy Its name "Bang Pakong" is believed to be distorted from the word "Bang Mangkong" (บางมังก ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the extremity of Myanmar. Thailand also shares maritime borders with Vietnam to the southeast, and Indonesia and India to the southwest. Bangkok is the nation's capital and largest city. Tai peoples migrated from southwestern China to mainland Southeast Asia from the 11th century. Indianised kingdoms such as the Mon, Khmer Empire and Malay states ruled the region, competing with Thai states such as the Kingdoms of Ngoenyang, Sukhothai, Lan Na and Ayutthaya, which also rivalled each other. European contact began in 1511 with a Portuguese diplomatic mission to Ayutthaya, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khlong
A ''khlong'' ( th, คลอง, ), alternatively spelt as ''klong'' () commonly refers to a canal in Thailand. These canals are spawned by the rivers Chao Phraya, Tha Chin, and Mae Klong, along with their tributaries particularly in the low-lying areas of central Thailand. The Thai word ''khlong'' is not limited to artificial canals. Many smaller rivers are referred to as "''khlong''" followed by the name of the stream. Khlongs in Bangkok there are 1,682 canals in Bangkok, totalling 2,604 kilometres in length. Nine canals are primary flood drainage conduits. In years past, the Thai capital was crisscrossed by khlongs, and so gained the nickname "Venice of the East". Khlongs were used for transportation, for floating markets, but also for sewage disposal. Today, most of the khlongs of Bangkok have been filled in, although the Thonburi side of Bangkok (covering areas west of the Chao Phraya River) still retains several of its larger khlongs. Khlong Saen Saep in central Bangk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankamphaeng Range
The Sankamphaeng Range, also Sankambeng Range or Sungumpang Range ( th, ทิวเขาสันกำแพง, , ) is one of the mountain ranges separating eastern Thailand from the northeast or Isan. It is in Nakhon Nayok, Prachinburi, Sa Kaeo, Saraburi, and Nakhon Ratchasima Provinces, Thailand. Description The meaning of the word ''Sankamphaeng'' in the Thai language is fortification or counterfort. It is a fitting name to describe this mountain range that effectively constituted a natural buttress between the Khorat Plateau and the plain of Central Thailand. The mountain chain runs in a WNW-ESE direction. The northern part of the Sankamphaeng mountain range merges with the southern end of the Dong Phaya Yen Mountains, which run roughly in a north-south direction at the southwestern boundary of the Khorat Plateau. To the east this range connects with the Dângrêk Mountains, a longer system running in an east-west direction that stretches into Laos. The southern mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amphoe Watthana Nakhon
Watthana Nakhon (, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the central part of Sa Kaeo province, eastern Thailand. History Watthana Nakhon is an ancient city. Established before 1917 and originally named Watthana, it was a minor district ('' king amphoe'') in the Aranyaprathet district, until it was upgraded to a full district on 6 June 1956. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) Ta Phraya, Khok Sung, Aranyaprathet, Khlong Hat, Wang Nam Yen, Khao Chakan, Mueang Sa Kaeo of Sa Kaeo Province, Khon Buri, Soeng Sang of Nakhon Ratchasima province and Non Din Daeng of Buriram province. The Sankamphaeng Range mountainous area is in the northern section of this district. Administration The district is divided into 11 sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 115 villages (''mubans''). Watthana Nakhon is a sub-district municipality (''thesaban tambon Thesaban ( th, เทศบาล, , ) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amphoe Lahan Sai
Lahan Sai ( th, ละหานทราย, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the southern part of Buriram province, northeastern Thailand. History Lahan Sai area was originally part of Nang Rong district. The area was fertile and covered by dense forest, so people from neighboring districts moved to establish new village there. When the community grew bigger, the government created a minor district ('' king amphoe'') on 1 January 1961 to make it more comfortable for the citizen to reach public services. The new district covered ''tambons'' Lahan Sai and Pakham. It was upgraded to a full district on 17 July 1963. Etymology Lahan Sai means "plain fertile width hog deer" (''Axis porcinus''). Geography Neighboring districts are (from the southwest clockwise) Ta Phraya of Sa Kaeo province, Non Din Daeng, Pakham, Nang Rong, Chaloem Phra Kiat, Prakhon Chai, and Ban Kruat of Buriram Province. To the southeast it borders the provinces of Banteay Meanchey and Oddar Meancheay of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanuman River
The Hanuman River ( th, แม่น้ำหนุมาน, , ) or Khwae Hanuman () originates in South San Kamphaeng Mountain Range, the Khao Yai National park. It begins at the confluence of many small tributaries at Samphanta Subdistrict, Amphoe Na Di, Na Di District, Prachin Buri Province. It flows southward and joins the Phra Prong River to become the Bang Pakong River in Amphoe Kabin Buri, Kabin Buri district, Prachinburi Province. The river is long. Rivers of Thailand, Hanuman {{Thailand-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
