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The Tapi (or Tapee) river ((タイ語:แม่น้ำตาปี), , (:mɛ̂ːnáːm tāːpīː)) is the longest river in southern Thailand. The river originates at the Khao Luang mountain in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, and has a wide estuary into the Gulf of Thailand at Bandon Bay near the town of Surat Thani. It has a length of . The river drains an area of and in 1997 had a yearly discharge of or per year. The Phum Duang River (or Khiri Rat River), which drains another west of the Tapi watershed, joins the estuary west of Surat Thani in Amphoe Phunphin. The river was named on July 29, 1915, after the river Tapi in India, shortly after the town of Surat Thani was named after the town Surat. The island of Ko Lamphu (เกาะลำพู) is in the Tapi River, about from its mouth, right by the Surat Thani town center.〔(Wikimapia )〕 In 1975, an area of of swamp land on the east bank of the river in the district Khian Sa was declared the Nong Thung Thong non-hunting area. ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tapi River, Thailand」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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