Songkhla Lake, the Glossary
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37 relations: Brackish water, Cattle, Ecosystem, Family, Fishing, Forest, Fresh water, Grassland, Gulf of Thailand, Hillock, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Irrawaddy dolphin, Island, Lake, Land use, Mahakam River, Malampaya Sound, Malay Peninsula, Mangrove forest, Marsh, Mat, Melaleuca, Natural resource, Paddy field, Phatthalung province, Ramsar Convention, Sea level, Siltation, Songkhla, Songkhla province, Spit (landform), Swamp, Thailand, Thale Noi Non-Hunting Area, Tillage, Tourism, Wetland.
- Geography of Phatthalung province
- Geography of Songkhla province
- Lakes of Thailand
Brackish water
Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater.
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Cattle
Cattle (Bos taurus) are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus Bos. Mature female cattle are called cows and mature male cattle are bulls. Young female cattle are called heifers, young male cattle are oxen or bullocks, and castrated male cattle are known as steers.
Ecosystem
An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system that environments and their organisms form through their interaction.
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Family
Family (from familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship).
Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish.
Forest
A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense community of trees.
Fresh water
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids.
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Grassland
A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae).
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Gulf of Thailand
The Gulf of Thailand, also known as the Gulf of Siam, is a shallow inlet in the southwestern South China Sea, bounded between the southwestern shores of the Indochinese Peninsula and the northern half of the Malay Peninsula.
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Hillock
A hillock or knoll is a small hill,, "hillock" entry, retrieved December 18, 2007 usually separated from a larger group of hills such as a range.
International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
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Irrawaddy dolphin
The Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) is a euryhaline species of oceanic dolphin found in scattered subpopulations near sea coasts and in estuaries and rivers in parts of the Bay of Bengal and Southeast Asia.
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Island
An island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water.
Lake
A lake is an often naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface.
Land use
Land use involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as settlements and semi-natural habitats such as arable fields, pastures, and managed woods.
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Mahakam River
The Mahakam River (Indonesian: Sungai Mahakam) is third longest and volume discharge river in Borneo after Kapuas River and Barito River, it is located in Kalimantan, Indonesia.
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Malampaya Sound
Malampaya Sound is a protected inlet of the South China Sea on the northwestern coast of Palawan Island in western Philippines.
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Malay Peninsula
The Malay Peninsula is located in Mainland Southeast Asia. Songkhla Lake and Malay Peninsula are Gulf of Thailand.
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Mangrove forest
Mangrove forests, also called mangrove swamps, mangrove thickets or mangals, are productive wetlands that occur in coastal intertidal zones.
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Marsh
In ecology, a marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous plants rather than by woody plants.
Mat
A mat is a hard floor covering that generally is placed on a floor or other flat surface.
Melaleuca
Melaleuca is a genus of nearly 300 species of plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, commonly known as paperbarks, honey-myrtles, bottlebrushes or tea-trees (although the last name is also applied to species of Leptospermum).
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Natural resource
Natural resources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications.
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Paddy field
A paddy field is a flooded field of arable land used for growing semiaquatic crops, most notably rice and taro.
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Phatthalung province
Phatthalung (พัทลุง) is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand.
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Ramsar Convention
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of Ramsar sites (wetlands).
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Sea level
Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured.
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Siltation
Siltation is water pollution caused by particulate terrestrial clastic material, with a particle size dominated by silt or clay.
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Songkhla
Songkhla (สงขลา), also known as Singgora or Singora (Pattani Malay: ซิงกอรอ, Singoro), is a city (thesaban nakhon) in Songkhla Province of southern Thailand, near the border with Malaysia.
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Songkhla province
Songkhla (สงขลา,, Singgora) is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Songkhla Lake and Songkhla province are Gulf of Thailand.
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Spit (landform)
A spit or sandspit is a deposition bar or beach landform off coasts or lake shores.
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Swamp
A swamp is a forested wetland.
Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.
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Thale Noi Non-Hunting Area
Thale Noi Non-Hunting Area (alternate spelling: Talae or Talay) is a protected fresh water wetland located in Phatthalung province, southern Thailand.
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Tillage
Tillage is the agricultural preparation of soil by mechanical agitation of various types, such as digging, stirring, and overturning.
Tourism
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel.
Wetland
A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally for a shorter periods.
See also
Geography of Phatthalung province
- Khao Ok Thalu
- Songkhla Lake
Geography of Songkhla province
- Songkhla Lake
Lakes of Thailand
- Bueng Boraphet
- Bueng Chawak
- Bueng Krachap
- Bueng Si Fai
- Cheow Lan Lake
- Chiang Saen Lake
- Nong Bon Water Sports Center
- Nong Han Kumphawapi Lake
- Nong Han Lake
- Pang Ung
- Phayao Lake
- Songkhla Lake
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songkhla_Lake
Also known as Lake Songkhla, Thale Noi.