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The Gulf of Thailand is bordered by Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] It occupies a seabed area of 304,000 km 2 from 6° N to 13°30' N latitude and 99°E to 104° E longitude. [ 9 ] : 250 The northern tip of the gulf is the Bay of Bangkok at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River .
The Thai Pollution Control Department (PCD) has reported that the water quality of rivers flowing into the upper Gulf of Thailand has seriously deteriorated in the past decade. The department found the Tha Chin estuary contains bacteria and nutrient pollution from phosphates, phosphorus, and nitrogen. Nutrient pollution causes algae to grow ...
In addition to these two large systems, there are a number of other river systems and individual rivers which drain the lands within Thailand's borders into the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea. One-third of the nation's rivers flow into the Mekong. [1] The Mekong is the only river system in Thailand which drains into the South China Sea.
Detailed map of Thailand. Thailand is in the middle of mainland Southeast Asia. It has a total size of 513,120 km 2 (198,120 sq mi) which is the 50th largest in the world. The land border is 4,863 km (3,022 mi) long with Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Malaysia. The nation's axial position influenced many aspects of Thailand's society and culture. [1]
On many old European maps, the river is named the Mae Nam (แม่น้ำ), the Thai word for "river" (literally, "motherly water"). Irish surveyor and cartographer James McCarthy, F.R.G.S., who served as Director-General of the Siamese Government Surveys prior to establishment of the Royal Thai Survey Department, wrote in his account, "Mae Nam is a generic term, mae signifying "mother ...
Countries of the Gulf of Thailand include Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. ...
Amphawa (Thai: อัมพวา, pronounced [ʔām.pʰā.wāː]) is a district of Samut Songkhram province, at the northwestern tip of the Bay of Bangkok (upper Gulf of Thailand). Geography [ edit ]
Samut Songkhram is at the mouth of the Mae Klong River to the Bay of Bangkok (upper Gulf of Thailand). With several canals the water of the river is spread through the province for irrigation. At the coast are many lakes for producing sea salt.