Thailand Waterfall
Thailand Waterfalls
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parks Thailand,
Erawan falls,
Thailand waterfalls,
Thai waterfall,
Thailand waterfall,
Umphang
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- Thailand Waterfalls.
Thailand waterfalls
and falls elsewhere are created where a river
plunges vertically for some distance, ranging from
only a few meters to nearly 980 meters (more than
3,200 feet). A cascade waterfall occurs where the
drop is not vertical and the stream pours steeply
over the underlying rocks. Rapids is usually lesser
drop where the water churns over shallow rocks,
flowing more rapidly than in the pools both above
and below the fast water.
When talking about
Thailand waterfalls probably the first thought
is always Erawan Waterfall in Kanchanaburi province
between Bangkok and the "Three Pagoda Pass" at the
Myanmar Thailand border, this is in the Erawan
National Park. This waterfall actually seven falls
of the same stream, it's an outstanding visual
experience.
There are many more
waterfalls in Thailand, small and big and the
longest is probably south of Ranong and near grass
hill in southern Thailand where the water plunges
down around two hundred fifty meters, it can only be
seen when there is enough rain the day before.
The Erawan falls can
only be "beaten" by another Thai waterfall
further north west at Umphang, its the Thee Lor Sue
Waterfall which is probably the biggest Asian
Waterfall. Unfortunately some egoistic and misguided
self declared "environ protectors" blocked the
building of an short and small access road to that
area out of Kamphengphet, which means people in
Bangkok do everything they can to block the means
bringing wealth to the people of this very poor Thai
region around Umphang at the border, Umphang is one
of the hidden "nature gem" in the country. For the
people of Umphang this road link is crucial for
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getting much needed
tourist money and the road wont hurt anyone since
the military and police have roadblocks there
anyway. Now people need to make
a detour of around 700km to travel there via Mao
Sot. When driving down down from Mae Sot to Umphang
there is another waterfall at the left a couple of
km outside Mae Sot.
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Erawan Waterfall |
This is Namtok Phra
Charoen, probably the most stunning cascade
waterfall in the country. There are around 20
cascades in a limestone valley with a big waterfall
pool at the end.
On this page
you can find great Erawan waterfall pictures
and other Thailand pictures of the
Kanchanaburi province where the waterfall is
located. Bangkok Erawan waterfall is only
about 3 hour drive with the bus leaving Mo
Chit Station at Bangkok. Mo Chit Station is
also the endpoint of the Bangkok east west
line of the BTS Bangkok Skytrain so it’s
very easy to reach and the bus can easily
hop onto the motorway to make sure not to
loose too much time in the Bangkok traffic
jam. |
Namtok
Phra Charoen Waterfall Mae Sot |
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Bangkok to
Erawan falls is a smooth ride
afterwards, but consider that the
Erawan waterfall national park is
more or less closed at about 4pm
when they allow the last
people in and totally closed at 6pm. Erawan
waterfall - Kanchanaburi Thailand is
probably the second most spectacular
waterfall in Thailand after the Thee Lor Sue
Water Fall at Umphang which is only about
200 km to the north.
From Bangkok to Erawan waterfall are
several possibilties, there is the bus as
indicated above, there is a train, there is
your car and there are the minibuses which
are a little bit quicker than the big buses
and a little bit more expensive. There are
several Bangkok Kanchanaburi Erawan tours
you can book in any Bangkok hotel or travel
agency, a Erawan waterfalls tour from
Bangkok is probably the most
convenient tour to handle this.
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Thee
Lor Sue Water Fall at Umphang |
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Once you
are there have a look for another
great Thailand National Park with a
one level waterfall just beside the
road to the Three Pagoda Pass at the
Thailand Myanmar border, that’s the Sai Yoke
Waterfall with a beautiful dark green pool.
This tour is the same as for
the River Kwai Bridge since the bridge is in
Kanchanaburi City which is very close by.
Thailand has myriads of great
waterfalls such as the Chat Trakan
Waterfall in
northern
Thailand near
Loei.
- Waterfall Erosion
The pounding of the
water at the base of a Thai waterfall and every
other waterfall too is a
powerful force for erosion, especially if the water
contains suspended sediment . Even at the lip of the
fall, the water gains extra erosive power as it
accelerates approaching the brink. For this reason,
waterfalls are temporary phenomena, geologically
speaking. While the surging water tears away at the
base of the falls, removing its rock foundations,
the scouring of the lip grinds back the brink of the
falls. Recent uplift or down-dropping of part of the
Earths crust;
Diversion of a river by blockage of a preexisting
channel; or Differential erosion of valleys,
especially in glaciated areas. In all cases, where a major Thai river plunges
over a waterfall,
geological processes must have been active within
the past few million years. Rarely are large
waterfalls older than a few tens of millions of
years, and most are less than a million years old.
Invariably the rock at the crest of the falls is one
of the harder varieties, resisting the down cutting
effects of the river.
Actually not only one river waterfall is
actually a cluster rapids. |
Chat Trakan Waterfall and
National Park near Loei
Pai Waterfall a river
waterfall near Phitsanulok |
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The natural extension is
to download our unique e-book on
southern Thailand where you will find much more content and a lot of
exiting full scale pictures. You can have a look on the screen and if
you like you can print all content on any desktop printer, ...more
e-book
Here
is our Erawan Waterfall video. More videos in the video
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