
Tourist boats on the Tha Chin near Nakhon Chaisi
The 'Tha Chin' river () is a distributary of the
Chao Phraya river,
Thailand. It splits near the town
Chainat and then flows westerly from the Chao Phraya through the central plain, until it mouths into the
Gulf of Thailand at the town
Samut Sakhon.
Actually, the river has many names. After it splits from
Chao Phraya river at
Chainat, it's called Makhamthao river, while passing
Suphan Buri it is the Suphan river, while passing
Nakhon Pathom it becomes the Nakhon Chaisi river and only near its mouth at
Samut Sakhon it becomes the Tha Chin river, named after the old name of Samut Sakhon.