Yom River

Yom River
Country  Thailand
Tributaries
 - right Ngao River
Source
 - location Bun Yuen village, Pong district, Phi Pan Nam Range, Phayao Province
 - elevation 347 m (1,138 ft)
Mouth Nan River
 - location Chum Saeng district, Nakhon Sawan province
 - elevation 28 m (92 ft)
Length 787 km (489 mi)
Basin 24,047 km2 (9,285 sq mi)
Discharge for Nakhon Sawan
 - average 103 m3/s (3,637 cu ft/s)
 - max 1,916 m3/s (67,663 cu ft/s)
Map of the Chao Phraya River drainage basin showing the Yom River
The Yom River and the Phi Pan Nam Range in Long District, Phrae Province

The Yom River (Thai: แม่น้ำยม, rtgs: Maenam Yom, IPA: [mɛ̂ːnáːm jom]) is the main tributary of the Nan River (which itself is a tributary of the Chao Phraya River). The Yom river has its source in the Phi Pan Nam Range in Pong district, Phayao Province, Thailand. Leaving Phayao, it flows through Phrae and Sukhothai as the main water resource of both provinces before it joins the Nan River at Chum Saeng district, Nakhon Sawan Province.

Tributaries

Tributaries of the Yom include Pong, Ngao, Ngim, Sin, Suat, Pi, Mok, Phuak, Ramphan, Lai, Khuan and Kam Mi Rivers.

Yom Basin

The Yom river and its tributaries drain a total area of 24,047 square kilometres (9,285 sq mi) of land (called the Yom Basin) in the provinces of Sukhothai, Phitsanulok, Phichit, Phrae and Lampang. [1] The Yom Basin is part of the Greater Nan Basin and the Chao Phraya Watershed.

A controversial large dam was planned on the Yom River in the central area of the Phi Pan Nam mountains in Kaeng Suea Ten in 1991 but the project was later abandoned.[2] The debate about the dam was opened again in 2011.[3] Currently a proposal is being debated to build two smaller dams on the Yom River in the area instead of the Kaeng Suea Ten mega-dam.[4]

Protected areas

The Yom River flows through Mae Yom National Park in Phrae Province.

References

  1. ↑ Basins of Thailand
  2. ↑ The Injustice Case of Kaeng Sua Ten Dam Project
  3. ↑ Bangkok Post - Floodgates reopen in dam debate
  4. ↑ Bangkok Post - Study to decide Yom River fate

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Coordinates: 19°23′24″N 100°27′18″E / 19.39000°N 100.45500°E / 19.39000; 100.45500

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