The Pran Buri River (, , ) is a river in
Prachuap Khiri Khan Province,
Thailand
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, on the
Kra Isthmus
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of the
Malay Peninsula. The Pran Buri River originates in southern part of the
Kaeng Krachan National Park
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in the
Tenasserim Hills
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and after empties into the
Gulf of Thailand. The only town along the river course is Pran Buri, the center of the
Pran Buri District. The watershed of the Pran Buri River has an area of about .
The Pran Buri dam was built in 1978, to protect lowlands from flooding as well as to have steady water flow for irrigation. The high and wide earthen dam creates an artificial lake, which covers and has a capacity of .
At the river's estuary at the Gulf of Thailand is
Pran Buri Forest Park, covering of mixed forest and
mangrove
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forest. It was created in 1982.
Rivers of Thailand
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