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 Description:   The Mae Klong sometimes spelled Mae Khlong or Meklong, is a river in western Thailand. The river begins at the confluence of the Khwae Noi or Khwae Sai Yok and the Khwae Yai River or Khwae Si Sawat in Kanchanaburi, passes Ratchaburi Province and empties into the Gulf of Thailand in Samut Songkhram Province.
In the 1960s the upper stretch of the river to the town of Kanchanaburi was renamed Khwae Yai, as the famous Bridge on the River Kwai spanned the Mae Klong and not the Khwae (Kwai) river. However the actual origin of the river is in the Tenasserim Hills, around the Khuean Srinagarindra National Park area in the north of Kanchanaburi Province.
An early portion of Khwae Yai River in Umphang District, Tak Province is also called Klong River. It becomes known as Khwae Yai River when it flows into Kanchanaburi Province.
It feeds the giant Umphang Thee Lor Sue Waterfall in its upper reaches.
 
 Province   Samut Songkhram  Direction:      
 District   Mueang    
 City   Mae Klong  Comments:    Official Web:    
 Genre   Scenery      Related links:      
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 Entry fee   Free     GPS :   13.40958 N 99.996647 E  
                     
                     
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