Vajiralongkorn Dam
Vajiralongkorn Dam, also called the Khao Laem Dam, is a concrete-faced rock-fill dam in Thong Pha Phum district, Kanchanaburi province, Thailand. The dam lies across the Khwae Noi River and was renamed Vajiralongkorn Dam after then-Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn on 13 July 2001 when he was crown prince.- Type: Dam
- Description: embankment dam in Thailand
- Also known as: “Khao Laem Dam”, “Khuan Khao Laem”, “Khuean Khao Laem”, and “Vajiralongkorn dam”
Vajiralongkorn Dam
- Categories: embankment dam, concrete-face rock-fill dam, and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Tha Khanun, Thong Pha Phum, Kanchanaburi, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
14.79925° or 14° 47′ 57″ north
Longitude
98.59715° or 98° 35′ 50″ east
Elevation
132 metres (433 feet)
Open location code
7M6WQHXW+MV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Vajiralongkorn Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Khuean Khao Laem”
- Chinese: “瓦吉拉隆功水壩”
- French: “barrage Vajiralongkorn”
- French: “Barrage Vajiralongkorn”
- German: “Khao-Laem-Talsperre”
- German: “Stausee Khao Laem”
- German: “Vajiralongkorn-Talsperre”
- Japanese: “ワチラロンコンダム”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vajiralongkorn-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Vajiralongkorn-demningen”
- Persian: “سد واجیرالونگکورن”
- Thai: “เขื่อนเขาแหลม”
- Thai: “เขื่อนวชิราลงกรณ”
- Thai: “เขื่อนวชิราลงกรณ์”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Vajiralongkorn (Khao Laem)”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Vajiralongkorn”
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