The Krabi River ( th, แม่น้ำกระบี่, , ) is a river in Southern

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

. The Krabi river is 5 kilometres long, as it is the main channel within a larger

estuary An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environm ...

to the Andaman Sea. The other two main channels are the

Yuan River The Yuan River, also known by its Chinese name as the Yuanjiang, is one of the four largest rivers in Hunan province in southeast-central China. It is a tributary of Yangtze River. It is long and rises in Guizhou province in the Miao Mountains ...

to the south and Chi Lat to the west. The 31 km upper stretch of the river are named ''Khlong Krabi Yai'', which originates at the Phanom mountain. The estuary of the Krabi river is listed as

Ramsar Ramsar may refer to: * Places so named: ** Ramsar, Mazandaran, city in Iran ** Ramsar, Rajasthan, village in India * Eponyms of the Iranian city: ** Ramsar Convention concerning wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran ** Ramsar site, wetland listed in ...

wetland number 1100 since July 5 2001. The protected area of 213 km² covers more than 100 km² of

mangrove A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a result of convergent evolution in severa ...

forests and 12 km² of up to 2 km wide tidal mudflats. The area is popular with birdwatchers coming to spot some of the most diverse and rare species in the world, the masked finfoot and the

brown-winged kingfisher The brown-winged kingfisher (''Pelargopsis amauroptera'') is a species of bird in the subfamily Halcyoninae. It is found along the north and eastern coasts of the Bay of Bengal, occurring in the countries of Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar ...

to name just a few. The town -

Krabi Krabi ( th, กระบี่, ) is the main town in the province of Krabi (''thesaban mueang'') on the west coast of southern Thailand at the mouth of the Krabi River where it empties in Phang Nga Bay. As of 2020, the town had a population of ...

has a reputation for its tourism. It is situated along the seaboard of the Andaman Sea. This town gave the Krabi river its name.

External links

Krabi River estuary description
Rivers of Thailand Geography of Krabi province Ramsar sites in Thailand {{Thailand-river-stub