Khlong Thawi Watthana

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Khlong Thawi Watthana
Specifications
Length	35.2 km (21.9 miles)
History
Construction began	1868
Date completed	1910
Geography
Start point	Nakhon Pathom
Connects to	Khlong Phasi Charoen, Tha Chin River

Khlong Thawi Watthana (

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Khlong Thawi Watthana was dug in mid-

of Nakhon Pathom Province, with the distance of 35.2 km (about 21 mi).

The purpose of this excavation, was to correct the shallowness of Khlong Maha Sawat and Khlong Phasi Charoen, including to increase the areas for cultivation on the banks of the khlong amount 10,880 acres. Khlong Thawi Watthana also flows through other khlongs in a way that obstructs. Hence, people therefore colloquially those areas as "Khlong Khwang" (คลองขวาง, "impeded canal") according to its course.

Khlong Thawi Watthana currents passing through the area of Thawi Watthana District, which is an administration area of Bangkok, and it has been separated from

since March 6, 1998.

The areas along both sides of khlong are orchards, paddy fields, and also having rotary cultivations all year round, such as lotus plantations, paddy fields, vegetable gardens, orchards, flowering plant farms, decorative plant of farms. The kind of flowering plants which made a credit to Khlong Thawi Watthana is orchids.

The interesting places nearby Khlong Thawi Watthana are as follows, group of

References

13°48′14″N 100°19′40″E / 13.803889°N 100.327778°E / 13.803889; 100.327778