Kraburi River

Satellite photo of the mouth

The Maenam Kraburi ( Thai: แม่น้ำ กระบุรี - Kraburi River, also: Maenam Maenam Kra or Pakchan ) is a river on the Isthmus of Kra in southern Thailand. It forms the border between Thailand and Myanmar. It empties into the Andaman Sea near the Thai town of Ranong and the Burmese town Kawthaung (Victoria Point), the most southerly point of Myanmar in the Tanintharyi Division.

Particularly noteworthy is its tidal subjected, up to six kilometers wide estuary, is the largest protected mangrove forest of Thailand on its banks. The east bank of Maenam Kraburi is a conservation area, there is the National Park Lam Nam Kraburi. The southern subregions include the " Ranong Biosphere Reserve" and " Laemson Ramsar Site", an area protected under the Ramsar Convention wetland.