Everything about The Songkhla Lake totally explained
The
Songkhla lake (
Thai: ทะเลสาบสงขลา) is the largest natural
lake of
Thailand, located on the
Malay peninsula in the southern part of the country. Covering an area of 1,040
km² it borders the provinces of
Songkhla and
Phattalung.
The lake is divided into four distinct parts. The southern part opens by a 380 m wide strait to the
Gulf of Thailand at the city of
Songkhla, and contains
brackish water of about half the salinity of the ocean. To the north the water changes to sweet water. Further north after a bottleneck of only 6 km width is the
Thale Luang (782.80 km²), and finally at the northern end in between a
mangrove swamp the 28 km² small
Thale Noi. The most striking feature is the long 75 km long
spit which separates the lake from the sea. Unlike most spits, it's probably formed when originally existing islands became interconnected by the
silting from the lake precursor.
Ramsar Wetlands
The Phru Khuan Khi Sian wetlands at the Thale Noi lake are protected as a
Ramsar wetland since 1998. It is part of the larger Thale Noi Non-Hunting Area, created in 1975.
Kuan Ki Sian of the Thale Noi Non-Hunting Area is located at 07º50’N 100º08’E. in a Non-hunting Area. Located just north of the very large Thale Luang (Lake Songkhla) in the south of the country, it's one of the few surviving intact
freshwater wetland ecosystems in Thailand. Among the specific wetland types found here are
lake,
marsh,
Melaleuca (also termed "paperbark")
swamp forest,
paddy fields, and swamp
grasslands.
"Kuans" are
islands free of water for most of the year located in the
Melaleuca swamp forest. Kuan Ki Sian is a
knoll at 0-2 meters above
mean sea level within the Thale Noi area. The Thale Noi area is home to more than 5,000
families, almost all of which rely on some
resource extraction or other
land use within the area. Activities include
fishing,
cattle grazing,
cultivation,
mat-making and
tourism. The site is visited by more than 200,000 foreign and local visitors annually.
A small population of
Irrawaddy Dolphins is found in the lake, however threatened to extinction by the overfishing and pollution of the lake. The
IUCN Red List shows several populations, including those in the
Mahakam River and
Malampaya Sound, as critically endangered..
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