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Kok River
Name of a shallow, wide and
slow-moving river, that originates in
Myanmar's
Shan
State and enters Thailand in the
amphur
Mae Ai
of
Chiang Mai
Province. It is 285 kilometers long, of which 130 kilometer is in
Thailand, where it is known as Mae Nahm Kok (แม่น้ำกก), a name that
refers to the many sedges on its banks, which in Thai are called
kok.
Passing through the city of
Chiang Rai,
it flows to
Chiang Saen
District, where it eventually
streams into the
Mekhong
River at Sop Kok (สบกก).
See also
MAP,
QUADCOPTER PICTURE
and
TRAVEL PICTURE.
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