Pran Buri River


The Pran Buri River is a river in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand, on the Kra Isthmus of the Malay Peninsula. The Pran Buri River originates in southern part of the Kaeng Krachan National Park in the Tenasserim Hills and after empties into the Gulf of Thailand. The only town along the river course is Pran Buri, the center of the Pran Buri District. The watershed of the Pran Buri River has an area of about.
The Pran Buri dam was built in 1978, to protect lowlands from flooding as well as to have steady water flow for irrigation. The high and wide earthen dam creates an artificial lake, which covers and has a capacity of.
At the river's estuary at the Gulf of Thailand is Pran Buri Forest Park, covering of mixed forest and mangrove forest. It was created in 1982.