Mae Nam Tha Chin

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Mae Nam Tha Chin
แม่น้ำ ท่า จีน
Makhamthao River / Suphan Buri River / Chaisi River
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Data
location Central Thailand
River system Mae Nam Chao Phraya
origin Junction from Mae Nam Chao Phraya at Chai Nat
15 ° 13 ′ 33 ″  N , 100 ° 4 ′ 44 ″  E
muzzle At Samut Sakhon in the Gulf of Thailand coordinates: 13 ° 30 ′ 47 "  N , 100 ° 16 ′ 27"  E 13 ° 30 ′ 47 "  N , 100 ° 16 ′ 27"  E
Mouth height 0  m

length 765 km
Catchment area 13,681 km²
Tourist boats on the Tha Chin near Nakhon Chaisi

Tourist boats on the Tha Chin near Nakhon Chaisi

The Mae Nam Tha Chin ( Thai : แม่น้ำ ท่า จีน - spoken: [ mɛ̂ː náːm tʰâː t͡ɕiːn ], roughly translated: “River of the Chinese port”), or just Tha Chin is a river in central Thailand . He changed his name several times during his course:

A few kilometers south of Samut Sakhon it flows into the Gulf of Thailand .

The catchment area of the Tha Chin is an area of ​​13,681 km², it is part of the catchment area of ​​the Chao Phraya.

Waterways system

The Tha Chin was connected to the rest of the network of waterways in central Thailand very early on by artificially dug channels ( khlongs ) :

  • The Khlong Yong leads exactly in an east-west direction from Nonthaburi to Tha Chin. It was built as early as the Ayutthaya period .
  • The Khlong Maha Sawak begins at Khlong Bangkok Noi exactly on today's border between the city of Bangkok and the province of Nonthaburi . It also runs almost exactly in an east-west direction parallel to the railway line from Bangkok to southern Thailand until it flows into the Tha Chin a few kilometers north of Nakhon Chai Si . It was dug by Chinese wage laborers in 1860. It is 676 Sen (about 27.04 km) long, 7 Wa (about 14 m) wide and 6 Sok (about 3 m) deep. He was commissioned by the king to speed up the transportation of sugar cane and rice from Nakhon Chai Si to the capital and to cultivate the surrounding land.
  • The Khlong Phasi Charoen begins in the ( Khet ) Thonburi district in Bangkok , where it flows directly into the Khlong Bangkok Yai. It leads in a south-westerly direction until it flows into the Tha Chin at Ban Bang Yang ( Samut Sakhon Province ). It was dug in 1865 during the reign of King Mongkut (Rama IV.) On behalf of the Chinese-born tax leaseholder Phra Phasi Sombatboribun for opium and sugar cane . The canal was known at the time under the name Prakat Khut Khlong Phasi Charoen and was initially used to transport the agricultural products of its client. Later all boats were allowed to use this waterway, but they had to pay a road toll.
  • Where the Khlong Pasi Charoen flows into the Tha Chin coming from the east, the Khlong Damnoen Saduak begins at about the same height on the western bank of the Tha Chin and flows further southwest until it reaches a few at Ban Nok Khwaek ( Samut Songkhram Province ) Kilometers southeast of Ratchaburi flows into the Mae Nam Mae Klong .
  • The Khlong Maha Chai also begins in the Thonburi district of Bangkok on the Khlong Bangkok Yai. It leads southwest, almost parallel to the Maha Chai railway line of the same name to Samut Sakhon , where it flows into the Tha Chin in the city center. This canal has existed since the Ayutthaya period, it is mentioned in the chronicles that it was probably built in 1704 by King Suriyenthrathibodi ( Phrachao Suea ).
  • A little further west, the Khlong Sunak Hon also runs almost parallel to the railway line from Samut Sakhon to Samut Songkhram , where it flows into the Mae Nam Mae Klong. It was dug by Chinese wage laborers during the reign of King Nang Klao (Rama III) , probably around 1829.

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  • Shigeharu Tanabe: "Historical Geography of the Canal System in the Chao Phraya River Delta". Journal of the Siam Society , Vol. 65 (1977), T. 2. Online [1] (PDF, last accessed on 23 August 2014; 5.19 MB).

Web links

Commons : Mae Nam Tha Chin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistics on Basins of Thailand