This is a list of rivers of Thailand. The rivers are arranged alphabetically within their respective provinces or special governed districts. The same river may be found in more than one province as many rivers cross province borders.
The Mekong, Salween, and Golok are border rivers. The Mekong forms part of Thailand's border with Laos, the Salween with Myanmar, and the Golok with Malaysia. The Thai word for river is "mae nam" (Thai: แม่น้ำ 'river') , which literally means "mother water."
Table list
This table shows all the important rivers:
| No.
|
River name
|
Province
|
Length
(km)
|
Tributary of
|
Refs
|
| 1
|
Mekong
|
Bueng Kan, Chiang Rai, Loei, Nakhon Phanom, Nong Khai, Mukdahan, Ubon Ratchathani
|
920 (part in Thailand)
|
|
|
| 2
|
Chi River
|
Chaiyaphum, Kalasin, Maha Sarakham, Ubon Ratchathani
|
765
|
|
|
| 3
|
Nan River
|
Nakhon Sawan, Nan, Phichit, Phitsanulok, Uttaradit
|
740
|
|
|
| 4
|
Yom River
|
Chiang Rai, Nakhon Sawan, Phayao, Phichit, Phitsanulok, Phrae
|
700
|
|
|
| 5
|
Ping River
|
Chiang Mai, Kamphaeng Phet, Lamphun, Nakhon Sawan, Tak
|
658
|
|
|
| 6
|
Mun River
|
Buriram, Nakhon Ratchasima, Sisaket, Ubon Ratchathani
|
641
|
|
|
| 7
|
Pa Sak River
|
Ayutthaya, Loei, Lopburi, Phetchabun, Saraburi
|
513
|
|
|
| 8
|
Wang River
|
Chiang Rai, Lampang, Tak
|
392
|
|
|
| 9
|
Khwae Yai River
|
Kanchanaburi, Tak
|
380
|
|
|
| 10
|
Chao Phraya
|
Ang Thong, Ayutthaya, Chai Nat, Nakhon Sawan, Nonthaburi, Bangkok (special district)
|
372
|
|
|
| 11
|
Moei River
|
Mae Hong Son
|
327
|
|
|
| 12
|
Tha Chin River
|
Chai Nat, Nakhon Pathom, Samut Sakhon, Suphan Buri
|
325
|
|
|
| 13
|
Ing River
|
Chiang Rai, Phayao
|
300
|
|
|
| 14
|
Wa River
|
Nan
|
300
|
|
|
| 15
|
Lam Takhong
|
Buriram
|
243
|
|
|
| 16
|
Bang Pakong River
|
Chachoengsao, Prachinburi
|
231
|
|
|
| 17
|
Loei River
|
Loei
|
231
|
|
|
| 18
|
Tapi River (Thailand)
|
Nakhon Si Thammarat
|
230
|
|
|
| 19
|
Sakae Krang River
|
Chai Nat, Kamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Sawan
|
225
|
|
|
| 20
|
Pattani River
|
Pattani, Yala
|
214
|
|
|
| 21
|
Li River
|
Chiang Mai, Lamphun
|
210
|
|
|
| 22
|
Phetchaburi River
|
Phetchaburi
|
210
|
|
|
| 23
|
Pai River
|
Mae Hong Son
|
180
|
|
|
| 24
|
Phachi River
|
Ratchaburi
|
154
|
|
|
| 25
|
Pak Phanang River
|
Nakhon Si Thammarat
|
147
|
|
|
| 26
|
Mae Klong
|
Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi, Samut Songkhram
|
132
|
|
|
| 27
|
Nakhon Nayok River
|
Chachoengsao
|
130
|
|
|
| 28
|
Trang River
|
Nakhon Si Thammarat, Trang
|
123
|
|
|
| 29
|
Chanthaburi River
|
Chanthaburi
|
120
|
|
|
| 30
|
Salween River
|
Mae Hong Son
|
120 (border section between Myanmar and Thailand)
|
|
|
| 31
|
Kok River
|
Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai
|
115 (part in Thailand)
|
|
|
| 32
|
Pai River
|
Mae Hong Son
|
111
|
|
|
| 33
|
Golok River
|
Narathiwat
|
103 (border between Malaysia and Thailand)
|
|
|
| 34
|
Noi River
|
Ayutthaya
|
100
|
|
|
| 35
|
Lopburi River
|
Ayutthaya, Saraburi
|
95
|
|
|
| 36
|
Sai River (Thailand)
|
Chiang Rai
|
30
|
|
|
| 37
|
Ruak River
|
Chiang Rai
|
26.75 (border section between Myanmar and Thailand)
|
|
|
| 38
|
Hueang River
|
Loei, Phitsanulok
|
130 (110 as Laos–Thailand border)
|
|
|
See also
References