Khwae Noi River
The River Kwai, or endonymically Khwae Noi or Khwae Sai Yok, is a river in western Thailand. It rises to the east of the Salween in the north–south spine of the Bilauktaung range near, but not over the border with Burma.Photo: Ananda, Public domain.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand
- Also known as: “Gwe Noi”, “Khaeo Noi River”, “Mae Nam Khwae Noi”, and “Menam Gwē Noi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The JEATH War Museum and Wat Chaichumphon Chanasongkhram.
The JEATH War Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The JEATH War Museum are two war museums in Kanchanaburi, Thailand about the Death Railway, which was built from 1942 to 1943 by Allied POWs under the direction of the Japanese as part of the Thai-Burma railways.
Wat Chaichumphon Chanasongkhram
Buddhist temple
Photo: Ruslik0, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wat Chaichumphon Chanasongkhram is a Buddhist temple.
Death Railway Museum and Research Centre
Museum
Photo: Gasson nz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Thailand–Burma Railway Centre is a museum and research centre in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. It is privately funded and run by Rod Beattie, an Australian who is an expert in the history of the Thailand–Burma Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kanchanaburi.
Kanchanaburi
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kanchanaburi is a town municipality in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. The town of lies to the southeast of Erawan National Park within Kanchanaburi Province, approximately 120km west of Bangkok.
Khwae Noi River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Kanchanaburi, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Khwae Noi River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر كواي”
- Asturian: “Ríu Khwae Noi”
- Cebuano: “Mae Nam Khwae Noi”
- Chinese: “奎內河”
- Chinese: “奎内河”
- Danish: “Kwai”
- Dutch: “Khwae Noi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كواى”
- French: “Kwai Noi”
- French: “Kwaï”
- French: “rivière Kwaï”
- German: “Mae Nam Khwae Noi”
- Irish: “Abhainn Khwae Noi”
- Italian: “Khwae Noi”
- Japanese: “クウェー・ノーイ川”
- Japanese: “クウェー・ノイ川”
- Japanese: “クウェー川”
- Korean: “쾌노이강”
- Lithuanian: “Kvainoja”
- Polish: “Khwae Noi”
- Russian: “Кхвэ”
- Russian: “Кхвэной”
- Russian: “Кхуэной”
- Spanish: “Río Kwai Noi”
- Spanish: “Rio Kwai”
- Spanish: “Río Kwai”
- Swedish: “Kwai”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำแควน้อย”
- Venetian: “Fiume Kwai”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Kwai”
- Welsh: “Afon Khwae Noi”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ban Lin Chang and Ban Khao Phu Rang Nimit.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Khwae Yai River and Rongphayaban Saeng Chu To.
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