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The Kok River (Thai: น้ำแม่กก, RTGS: Nam Mae Kok, pronounced [náːm mɛ̂ː kòk]) is a tributary river of the Mekong that flows in Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai provinces in northern Thailand.

Kok River
Kok River at Tha Ton
Map of the Thai highlands
Native name	น้ำแม่กก  (Thai)
Location
Country	Burma, Thailand
State	Shan State, Chiang Mai Province, Chiang Rai Province
District	Mae Ai, Mueang Chiang Rai, Mae Chan, Wiang Chai, Chiang Saen
City	Chiang Rai city
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Daen Lao Range, Shan State, Burma
Mouth	Mekong River
• location	Sop Kok, Wiang Chai, Chiang Rai Province
• coordinates	20°14′39″N 100°8′19″E
• elevation	358 m (1,175 ft)
Length	285 km (177 mi)
Basin size	10,875 km2 (4,199 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Chiang Rai city
• average	120 m3/s (4,200 cu ft/s)
• minimum	5 m3/s (180 cu ft/s)
• maximum	848 m3/s (29,900 cu ft/s)
Discharge
• location	Sob Kok
• average	170 m3/s (6,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Fang, Lao River

Source

The river originates in the Daen Lao Range, Shan State, Myanmar. It flows eastwards across the Myanmar–Thailand border, crossing at the Thai border town of Tha Ton (Thai: ท่าตอน, also spelled "Thaton" ). It flows to Mae Ai District, Chiang Mai Province. Most of its length in Thailand is in Chiang Rai Province where it passes Mueang Chiang Rai District after which it bends northeastwards and flows through Mae Chan, Wiang Chai and Chiang Saen districts.

It is a wide, shallow, and slow-moving river. There is about 600 metres (2,000 ft) of small-scale whitewater halfway between the towns of Tha Ton and Chiang Rai.

For several kilometres downriver from Chiang Rai, the river becomes a lake, until it reaches the irrigation dam near Wiang Chai.

The Kok River is a tributary of the Mekong River, with its mouth at Sop Kok in Chiang Saen District, opposite the Lao border.[1]

Phahonyothin Road crosses this river near Chiang Rai City. Altogether, there are five bridges crossing the Kok River near Chiang Rai city.

Tributaries

The main tributaries of the Kok River are the Fang and the Lao River, the latter having its source in the Phi Pan Nam Range.[2]

Dams

There is a small dam with 11 gates which provides irrigation for rice fields east of Chiang Rai. The dam is 11 kilometres (7 mi) east of the Hwy 1 bridge. It turns the river into a lake, several miles long, for eight months of the year. Additionally, there is a dam planned on the Burmese side of where the river flows into Thailand, about 32 kilometres (20 mi) upstream from the border.

Top Gear

In October 2013 the cast and crew of the British television show Top Gear constructed a bridge over the Kok as part of their Burma Special.[3][4] The bridge was originally planned to be built over the River Kwai, but the River Fang which flows into the Kok was chosen "accidentally". The show aired in two parts on 9 March 2014 and 16 March 2014.

Following production of the episode, the bridge was taken down, despite the producers and crew wanting it to stay in use for the locals.

References

External links

• Kok and Northern Mekong RBC^{[permanent dead link]}
• Thailand: flooding hit several northern and northeastern provinces
• Some Selected Wetlands in the Mekong River Basin of Thailand
• Kok River Basin in Thailand

На других языках

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[de] Mae Nam Kok

Der Mae Nam Kok (.mw-parser-output .Thai{font-size:115%}แม่น้ำกก, Aussprache: .mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}[mɛ̂ː náːm kòk], „Kok-Fluss“), oder nur Kok, ist ein Nebenfluss des Mekong im Osten Myanmars und der Nordregion von Thailand.

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- [en] Kok River

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[it] Kok (fiume)

Il fiume Kok (in lingua thai: แม่น้ำกก, Mènam Kok) è un affluente di destra del fiume Mekong e misura 326 km. Il suo bacino idrografico, comprendente quelli degli affluenti, è di 10.565 km², di cui il 32% in Birmania, dove nasce, ed il restante 68% in Thailandia.[1] Il Kok bagna Chiang Rai, importante città della Thailandia del Nord.

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[ru] Кок (река)

Кок (тайск. กก) — река в Мьянме и Таиланде. Длина реки — 285 км.

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