Wang River

Wang River
Wang River
	Chiang Rai Province
• coordinates	19°09′45″N 101°13′45″E / 19.16250°N 101.22917°E
Sam Ngao District
• average	52 m3/s (1,800 cu ft/s)
• minimum	0 m3/s (0 cu ft/s)
• maximum	1,100 m3/s (39,000 cu ft/s)

The Wang River (Thai: แม่น้ำวัง, RTGS: Maenam Wang, pronounced [mɛ̂ː.náːm wāŋ]; Northern Thai: น้ำแม่วัง, pronounced [náːm mɛ̂ː.wāŋ]) is a river in northern Thailand.

Geography

The Wang River is 335 kilometres (208 mi) long. Its waters flow from north to south. The Wang River has its source in the

Tak. The Ping River is a tributary of the Chao Phraya River

.

Tributaries

Tributaries of the Wang include the Mo, Tui, Chang, and Soi Rivers

Wang basin

The Wang basin is part of the Greater Ping Basin and the Chao Phraya Watershed. The total land area drained by the Wang River and its tributaries is 10,792 square kilometres (4,167 sq mi).^[1]

Kiu Lom Dam (เขื่อนกิ่วลม) is on the Wang River about 38 kilometres (24 mi) from Lampang town.^[2]

Wang River valley, Chae Hom District, with the mountains of the Phi Pan Nam Range in the distance, as seen from Rte 1252 in the mountains of the Khun Tan Range

References

^ Basins of Thailand^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Kiu Lom Dam". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2012-02-05.

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[2] "Kiu Lom Dam". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2012-02-05.

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