Pakchan
The Kraburi River, also Kra or Pak Chan River, is the boundary river between Thailand and Myanmar at the Kra Isthmus of the Malay Peninsula. The river has its source in the Tenasserim Hills and flows into the Andaman Sea near the Thai town of Ranong and Kawthaung, Myanmar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river that runs along the border between Thailand and Myanmar
- Also known as: “Glohng Kra”, “Khlong Kra”, “Klohng Kra”, “Kraburi River”, “Mae Nam Kra”, “Mae Nam Pak Chan”, “Mēnam Kra”, “Pagyan Myit”, “Pakcham River”, and “Pakchan River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kawthaung and Ranong.
Kawthaung
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Kawthaung is a border town located in the southernmost part of Myanmar, in the Tanintharyi Region. During British rule in Burma between 1824 and 1948, it was known as Victoria Point.
Ranong
Photo: P.khiao, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ranong is a town in southern Thailand, capital of the Ranong Province and the Mueang Ranong District. The town covers completely the area of the tambon Khao Niwet.
Pakchan
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Pakchan” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Kraburi”
- Burmese: “ခလာပူရီမြစ်”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كرابورى”
- French: “Kraburi”
- French: “Pak Chan”
- German: “Kraburi”
- German: “Mae Nam Kra Buri”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Kraburi”
- Irish: “Abhainn Kraburi”
- Italian: “Kraburi”
- Japanese: “クラブリー川”
- Korean: “끄라부리강”
- Malay: “Sungai Kraburi”
- Russian: “Крабури”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำกระบุรี”
- Vietnamese: “Sông Kraburi”
- Welsh: “Afon Kraburi”
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