Tapi River, Thailand

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The Tapi (or Tapee) river (Thai : แม่น้ำตาปี, RTGS: Maenam Tapi, Thai pronunciation:  [mɛ̂ːnáːm tāːpīː] ) is the longest river in southern Thailand. The river originates at Khao Luang mountain in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, and empties into the Gulf of Thailand at Bandon Bay near the town of Surat Thani. It has a length of 230 kilometres (140 mi).

Thai language language spoken in Thailand

Thai, Central Thai or Ayutthaya or Siamese, is the sole official and national language of Thailand and the first language of the Central Thai people and vast majority of Thai of Chinese origin. It is a member of the Tai group of the Kra–Dai language family. Over half of Thai vocabulary is derived from or borrowed from Pali, Sanskrit, Mon and Old Khmer. It is a tonal and analytic language.

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The river drains an area of 5,460 square kilometres (2,110 sq mi) and in 1997 had a yearly discharge of 135.4 cubic metres per second (4,780 cu ft/s) or 4.3 cubic kilometres (3,500,000  acre⋅ft ) per year. The Phum Duang River (or Khiri Rat River), which drains another 6,125 square kilometres (2,365 sq mi) west of the Tapi watershed, joins the estuary 15 kilometres (9 mi) west of Surat Thani in Amphoe Phunphin.

The Phum Duang River is a river in Surat Thani Province, southern Thailand, the main tributary of the Tapi River.

The river was named on 29 July 1915, after the river Tapi in Surat, India, shortly after the town of Surat Thani was named after the town Surat in Gujarat, India.

Tapti River river in India

The Tapti River is a river in central India between the Godavari and Narmada rivers. It flows westwards over a length of 724 km (449.9 mi) before draining through the Gulf of Khambhat into the Arabian Sea. It flows through Surat, and is crossed by the Magdalla ONGC Bridge.

Surat Metropolis in Gujarat, India

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The island of Ko Lamphu (เกาะลำพู) is in the Tapi River, about 9 kilometres (6 mi) from its mouth, near Surat Thani town center. [1]

Ko Lamphu island in Tapi River, Surat Thani, Thailand

Ko Lamphu (เกาะลำพู) is a small island in the Tapi River, Thailand, about 9 km from the river's mouth, near the town center of Surat Thani. It is connected by bridge to the city at the pillar shrine.

In 1975, an area of 29.6 square kilometres (11.4 sq mi) of swamp land on the east bank of the river in the Khian Sa District was declared the Nong Thung Thong non-hunting area.

Nong Thung Thong non-hunting area in Surat Thani province, Thailand

Nong Thung Thong is a swamp on the east bank of the Tapi River in Khian Sa District, Surat Thani Province, southern Thailand.

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