Tha Chin River

Tourist boats on the Tha Chin River in Nakhon Chaisi

The Maenam Tha Chin ( Thai: แม่น้ำ ท่า จีน - spoken: [ mɛ ː ná ː m tâ ː ʤi ː n], such as: flow of Chinese port ) is a river in central Thailand. He has many names:

• After he broke up with Chainat from the Chao Phraya, he means first Makhamthao River.
• In the province of Suphanburi Suphan he is called or Suphanburi River.
• In the province of Nakhon Pathom he say after the old city, through which it flows: Chaisi River,
• And finally, in the province of Samut Sakhon he gets the original name of the provincial capital: Tha Chin.

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

The catchment area of ​​the Tha Chin River is an area of ​​13,681 km ², it is part of the basin of the Chao Phraya River.

Waterways system

The Tha Chin was joined early on by artificially dug channels ( Khlongs ) with the rest of the network of waterways in Central Thailand:

• The " Khlong Yong " performs exactly in the east-west direction from Nonthaburi to the Tha Chin River. He has already been built in the Ayutthaya period.
• The " Khlong Mahasawak " begins on Khlong Bangkok Noi exactly on the present border between the Bangkok Metropolis and the province of Nonthaburi. He also performs almost exactly in the east-west direction parallel to the railway line from Bangkok to southern Thailand until a few kilometers north of Nakhon Chai Si empties into the Tha Chin River. He was dug in 1860 by Chinese wage workers. He 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 in order to accelerate the transport of sugar cane and rice of Nakhon Chai Si to the capital, and to cultivate the adjacent country.
• The " Khlong Phasi Charoen " begins in the District ( Khet ) of Thonburi in Bangkok, where it flows directly into the Khlong Bangkok Yai. He runs in a southwesterly direction until it empties in Ban Bang Yang ( Samut Sakhon ) in the Tha Chin River. He was dug in 1865 in the reign of King Mongkut (Rama IV ) on behalf of the Chinese opium and Sugar Cane Farmers Phra Phasi Sombatboribun. The channel was known at that time under the name Prakat Khut Khlong Phasi Charoen and initially served the transportation of agricultural products of his principal. Later allowed to use this waterway all the boats, they did have to pay a highway toll.
• Where Coming of Khlong Pasi Charoen flows from the east into the Tha Chin River, starting at about the same height on the west bank of the Tha Chin " Khlong Damnoen Saduak " which flows to the southwest until at Ban Nok Khwaek he ( Samut Songkhram Province ) a few kilometers southeast of Ratburi flows into the Mae Klong.
• The " Khlong Mahachai " also begins in the district of Thonburi in Bangkok on Khlong Bangkok Yai. He leads south-west, almost parallel to the same Mahachai railway line up to Samut Sakhon, where it flows into the Tha Chin River in the city center. This channel has existed since the Ayutthaya period, it is mentioned in the chronicles that he was probably built in 1704 by King Suriyentharathibodi.
• A little further west leads the " Khlong Sunak Hon " also almost parallel to the railway line from Samut Sakhon Samut Songkhram to where it flows into the Mae Klong. He was probably dug in the reign of King Nang Klao (Rama III. ) To 1829 by Chinese wage workers.

Swell

• 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 (PDF, last accessed on 1 November 2012; 5.19 MB ).