Khlong Chorakhe Sam Phan ( th, คลองจระเข้สามพัน or คลองจรเข้สามพัน, ), also called Maenam Chorakhe Sam Phan or Lam Chorakhe Sam Phan, is a watercourse in the provinces of

Kanchanaburi Kanchanaburi ( th, กาญจนบุรี, ) is a town municipality (''thesaban mueang'') in the west of Thailand and part of Kanchanaburi Province. In 2006 it had a population of 31,327. That number was reduced to 25,651 in 2017. The town ...

and Suphan Buri,

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 bo ...

. It is a tributary of the

Tha Chin River The Tha Chin river ( th, แม่น้ำท่าจีน, , ) is a distributary of the Chao Phraya river, Thailand. It splits near the province of Chai Nat and then flows west from the Chao Phraya through the central plains, until it empt ...

. Its name translates roughly as "three thousand crocodiles" presumably it is because in the past the abundance of crocodiles r may mean three species of crocodiles. This river is considered to be of historical and archaeological importance. Because in the watershed area at

U Thong District U Thong ( th, อู่ทอง, ) is the district (''amphoe'') in the western part of Suphan Buri province, north of Bangkok. History Higham states, "U-Thong was occupied for many centuries prior to the development of the Dvaravati state. ...

, Suphan Buri used to be an ancient community before. There is an excavation to discover an antique carved jade that has a crocodile

makara ''Makara'' ( sa, मकर, translit=Makara) is a legendary sea-creature in Hindu mythology. In Hindu astrology, Makara is equivalent to the Zodiac sign Capricorn. Makara appears as the vahana (vehicle) of the river goddess Ganga, Narmada, a ...

'']-like shape. Moreover, U Thong in the past, was called Chorakhe Sam Phan. Khlong Chorakhe Sam Phan separates itself from the Thuan River in Kanchanaburi, then flows from [ hanom Thuan District through U Thong District converge with Tha Wa River at Ban Phai Ngoi. After that, flows through Bang Li Market at

Song Phi Nong District Song Phi Nong ( th, สองพี่น้อง, ) is the southernmost district ('' amphoe'') of Suphan Buri province, central Thailand. History The district was established in 1896. In the past the area of the district included U Thong distr ...

, Suphanburi to mouth of Khlong Song Phi Nong and finally converge with the Tha Chin River.

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