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08 ํ 39’ N 08 ํ 39’ N เดอ ลามาร์ 1687 (พ.ศ. 2230)
100 ํ 39’ E 100 ํ 39’ E

นครศรีธรรมราช

พรุควนเคร็ง พรุควนเคร็ง

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06 ํ 58’ N
99 ํ 27’ E (3)

S ongkhla Lake Alluvia

“The alluvial deposits of Songkhla Lake” is the plain on the coast. It covers
the coastal area of 3 provinces namely Nakhon Si Thammarat,
Phatthalung and Songkhla, which embrace the lake. This lake is a huge water
source caused by a sandbank on the Sathing Phra Sea.
This thick sandbank has reduced the depth of the low land and become land while
some parts of it remain in the lake. The coastal area along Sathing Phra
is the longest in the country. It starts from delta at the tip of the Thalumphuk
Cape in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province to Hua Khao Daeng at the mouth of the
Songkhla Lake with its length of 156 kilometers. This coastal area is windy with
wavy seas, which can be observed via the satellite.
Images from the satellite and map indicate the boundary of the
Songkhla Lake and the surrounding areas. For instance, its western edge reaches
the Nakhon Si Thammarat ranges dividing the area that drains into the
Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. To the east, there are plains
and a “sandbank on the Sathing Phra Sea” where there is a channel
to the sea mouth between Khao Hua Daeng and Samila Cape.

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