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	Songkhla Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Songkhla (Thai สงขลา) is the one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand.
		In the north of the province is the Songkhla lake, the biggest natural lake in Thailand.
		Songkhla or in its correct Malay form Singgora was the seat of an old Malay Kingdom with heavy Srivijayan influence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Songkhla_Province (637 words)

	Songkhla & Hat Yai Travel Information
		The mice and cats became the islands in the Songkhla Lake while the dog died on shore and became the hill called Hin Khao Tang Kuan near the bay.
		This peninsula is well-known for its white sandy beach, shady pine groves, and the statue of a mermaid that is Songkhla’s symbol.
		It is a freshwater lake with brackish water near the mouth.
	www.asiatravel.com /hatyai_info/intro.html (1447 words)

	Songkhla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Songkhla is both a city and a province in Thailand.
		Songkhla (Thai สงขลา) is a city in southern Thailand, near the border to Malaysia.
		Due to its location at the opening of the big Songkhla lake to the Gulf of Thailand, Songkhla is a fishing town and also an important harbour.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Songkhla (111 words)

	Ecotourism in the South of Thailand : Songkhla lake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Southeast Asia's and Thailand's largest natural reservoir, is located on the handle of the axe-shaped map of Thailand.Adjacent to the provinces of Phatthalung and Songkhla, the lake was formerly an important water resource and an abundant cornucopia for the local communities, It is also the birth place of great and ancient cultures.
		Songkhla Lake, located between the provinces of Phatthalung and Songkhla, covers an area of 974 square kilometers.
		The lower part of Lake Songkhla, "Talay Saab Songkhla," joins the Gulf of Thailand through the mounth of the lake at Songkhla, Its waters are salty and it is exposed to the tidal patterns of the Gulf of Thailand.
	thaiecotour.envi.psu.ac.th /songkhlalake.html (458 words)

	Manop Pratoomthong \| Ashoka.org
		Songkhla Lake, Thailand's largest freshwater lake covering over 400 square miles, has steadily become polluted and now threatens both the marine life within it and the human life around it.
		Manop is methodically learning from the Songkhla Lake experience to build a model for national and South East Asia regional level citizen mobilization for ecosystem protection and sustainable development.
		Manop is a native of Songkhla, the sixth of seven children in a family with a 30-acre rubber plantation.
	www.ashoka.org /node/2792 (1284 words)

	Songkhla lake - TheBestLinks.com - Thailand, Brackish, Square kilometer, Gulf of Thailand, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Songkhla lake, Thailand, Brackish, Square kilometer, Gulf of Thailand, Songkhla...
		The Songkhla lake is the biggest natural lake of Thailand, located on the Malay peninsula in the southern part of the country.
		A small population of Irrawaddy Dolphins is found in the lake, however threatened to extinction by the overfishing of the lake.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Songkhla_lake.html (244 words)

	SONGKHLA
		While Songkhla is noted for its fishery industry, Hat Yai serves as a transportation and communications hub of the South, with this bustling town linking with various destinations in the neighboring provinces and in Malaysia.
		When the junk was nearing the shore of Songkhla, the rat stole the ball, clutched it in its mouth and swam along with the cat and the dog toward the shore.
		Songkhla Lake: Songkha Lake is the largest lake in Thailand covering extensive areas in Songkhla and Phattalung province, the later some 80 kilometers from the estuary to the north.
	thunder.prohosting.com /~hatyai/songkhlae.htm (5447 words)

	Songkhla Information : : Tourism Authority of Thailand
		The mice and cats became the islands in the Songkhla Lake while the dog died on shore and became the hill called Hin Khao Tang Kuan near the bay.
		This peninsula is well-known for its white sandy beach, shady pine groves, and the statue of a mermaid that is Songkhla’s symbol.
		Songkhla Lake, the only natural lake in Thailand is about 80 kilometres long and 20 to 25 kilometres wide.
	www.ehotelbooking.com /songkhla/attractions.html (1248 words)

	Songkhla
		Songkhla is a border province in Southern Thailand, adjoining the state of Kedah in Malaysia.
		As a historic town, Songkhla has inherited ancient ruins, arts, and places of cultural importance in addition to its unique tradition, dialect, and folk entertainment, a reflection of its rich cultural heritage for later generations to appreciate.
		While Songkhla is noted for its fishery industry, Hat Yai, the major district of the province, serves as a transportation and communications hub of the South, with this bustling town linking with various destinations in the neighboring provinces and in Malaysia.
	www.tothailand.com /province/south/songkhla/index.php (428 words)

	Lake Songkhla (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The lake system is thought to be no more than 2,000 years old, having become isolated from the sea by the development of beach ridges.
		Songkhla Lake is influenced by run-off from the steep, mainly forested mountains to the west and by the introgression of salt water from the sea.
		The endangered River Terrapin Batagur baska is bred at the Coastal Aquaculture Institute in the town of Songkhla.
	www.arcbc.org.ph /wetlands/thailand/tha_lakson.htm (1841 words)

	Songkhla -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Songkhla is both a (A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts) city and a (The proper sphere or extent of your activities) province in (A country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay peninsula) Thailand.
		Despite the fact that the neighboring city (additional info and facts about Hat Yai) Hat Yai is much bigger, Songkhla is the capital (Amphoe Mueang) of the province Songkhla.
		Due to its location at the opening of the big (additional info and facts about Songkhla lake) Songkhla lake to the (An arm of the South China Sea between Indochina and the Malay Peninsula) Gulf of Thailand, Songkhla is a fishing town and also an important harbour.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/so/songkhla.htm (149 words)

	Songkhla : Interesting Story Powered by ShoppingAA.com
		The cuisine and language of Songkhla reflect its multi-cultural heritage, while a subtle Portuguese influence is evident in the architecture of the house along Nakhon Nok and Nakhon Nai roads.
		Songkhla Lake is the largest lake in Thailand covering extensive areas in Songkhla and Phatthalung province, The later some 80 kilometers from the estuary to the north.
		It is a fresh water lake except in the area close to the sea where the water is brackish.
	www.shoppingaa.com /interesting/songkhla.html (2338 words)

	Southern Thailand - Songkhla (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A few hundred years ago Songkhla was a pirate stronghold, but soon developed into a trading centre for Indian, Persian and Arabian merchants.
		The Songkhla fishing boats leave in the early evening for their fishing grounds off Cat and Mouse Islands.
		The Tinsulanon Bridges span the lake for miles on the coast road north.
	www.escati.com /songkhla.htm (231 words)

	Wetlands
		Songkhla Lake and the surrounding areas of Songkhla, Phattalung and Nakhorn Sri Thammarat Provinces in Southern Thailand
		Songkhla Lake is one of southern Thailand’s most important wetlands and of critical importance for the people of Songkhla, Phattalung and Nakhon Sri Thammarat Provinces.
		Erosion of upland forests is contributing to sedimentation of the Songkhla Lake.
	www.wetlands.org /Thailand/En/gallery.aspx?ID=d47b94cb-8ee1-45f8-b49b-3e2abcd2e3f7 (195 words)

	Southern Thailand Travel Information - Southern Thailand Travel Guide
		Songkhla is ideal for a lazy time by the sea, though it also offers much that is of historical interest.
		Also located on Songkhla Lake is Wat Pakho, famous for its highly venerated monk who long ago, as legend has it, turned salt water into fresh water when his pirate captors were dying of thirst, and was thus released out of gratitude.
		Songkhla may be visited on a day trip from Hat Yai, though it is a destination in its own right, with the dual attraction of cultural sights and the beach.
	www.german.hotelthailand.com /travelinfo/south/south.html (2315 words)

	Indodaman Travel: Songkhla
		Hat Yai, a district of Songkhla, is better known than the provincial capital itself as the junction of communication and the gale welcoming Malaysian and Singaporean tourists to Thailand.
		Thalesap Songkhla The Songkhla Lake extends from its esturarine entrance near the Son On Beach some 80 km north.
		Ko Yo A small island in Songkhla Lake, come 10 km from Songkhla or merely 20 km from Hat Yai, is accessible by crossing the Tinsulanond Bridge.
	www.indodaman.com /Province/South/Songkhla.htm (1125 words)

	Travel guide / Thailand / Thailand / South Thailand / Songkhla's out-of-city places of interest, transportation
		Songkhla’s major provincial attraction is the Great Songkhla Lake, actually a series of lagoons connected through narrow openings.
		The saltwater lake is dotted with small islands and hosts the 520sqkm (201sqmi) Khu Khut Waterfowl Park, Asia’s largest such park, which supports tens of thousands of birds of some 140 species.
		Transport within Songkhla is either by trishaw (with a minimum fare for short distances of 10 Baht) or by tuk-tuk, at 3 Baht per person for a town route beginning at Talay Luang Road and passing through Ramwitthi, Platha, Ratchadamnoen, Laem Sai, Nakhon Nai, Kamphaeng Phet Roads and vice versa.
	www.cockatoo.com /english/thailand/thailand_south13a.htm (446 words)

	Second Dhamma Walk for Songkla Lake
		The force of fresh water flowing through channels and underground from the lake to the Gulf of Thailand used to limit the amount of sea water entering the lake each year.
		Deforestation of the watershed for monoculture cash crops and road construction is rapidly making the lake more and more shallow, while the destruction of the coastal mangroves for prawn farms and charcoal is depriving many aquatic fauna of critical breeding and nursery grounds.
		Sadly, the lake is no longer the complex ecosystem or bountiful source of food and culture that it once was.
	www.suanmokkh.org /ds/dy/dy2a.htm (1197 words)

	IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Orcaella brevirostris (Songkhla Lake subpopulation)
		All the fishermen who stated that they had seen dolphins in the lake (69%) fished in the inner portion of Thale Luang (where the sightings were made during the 2000 and 2001 surveys), whereas the remaining fishermen, who had not seen dolphins, fished either to the north or south.
		These may have allowed population-level genetic differences to develop between the dolphins in Songkhla Lake and those in coastal waters of the Gulf of Thailand, although no data are available to investigate this possibility.
		A precautionary approach is to consider the dolphins in Songkhla Lake geographically isolated, pending future evidence to suggest otherwise.
	www.redlist.org /search/details.php?species=44557 (1998 words)

	Songkhla Lake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Songkhla Lake is a big shallow lake in southern part of Thailand.
		The lake is subjected to all kinds of environmental pressures, and for this reason the Thai Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (MOSTE) and the Danish Co-operation for Environment and Development (DANCED) have initiated a studyy of the lake and its catchment area (The EmSong Project).
		The assignment is to construct a eutrophication model of the Lake and use it for assessing possible lake development scenarios among other in the relation to intensification og agriculture.
	www.courses.ait.ac.th /ED08.24/1999assignments/5songklha/songkhla.htm (109 words)

	Dhamma Yatra II report
		Tale Noi, a small lake at the northern end of Songkhla Lake, continues to be choked with salt intolerant vegetation which, before a development project cut off the natural inflow of sea water, could not invade and destroy (as it has since done) the workings of the lake's bountiful, providing ecosystem.
		And finally, a tunnel underneath the opening of the lake to the Gulf of Siam is slated to begin construction soon, despite major economic, social, and environmental questions.
		Although development pressures are increasingly impinging on the lake and the people nearby, and many people seem either unconcerned, unaware or helpless, there are some groups that are continuing their work to assist the lake and people who have fallen on hard times, and new projects taking root as well.
	www.suanmokkh.org /ds/dy/dy2b.htm (1999 words)

	Thale Noi Non-Hunting Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		A roughly circular lake, 5 km by 6 km, situated roughly one km to the north of the main part of Lake Songkhla.
		The principal inflow to the lake is run-off from the steep slopes of the forested Banthad mountain range to the west.
		While the lake is permanent, there may be fluctuations of up to 1.0m in depth, water levels usually reaching their minimum in August.
	www.arcbc.org.ph /wetlands/thailand/tha_thanoi.htm (1217 words)

	Songkhla, Thailand, Travel Thailand, Visit Thailand, Hotels Thailand, Thailand ,Travel Tourism in Thailand
		The location occupies a small peninsula jutting from the mainland to form a channel that creates a natural harbour at the mouth of the huge Thale Sap (Songkhla Lake), an inland sea which stretches away to the north.
		Dining out in Songkhla is not limited to hotels, and the town boasts a surprising number of small but good restaurants serving fresh seafood and other typical southern Thai dishes.
		In spite of the 3-kilometre sandy stretch of Samila Beach, pleasantly fringed with evergreens, the seaside is not Songkhla's main attraction.
	www.travelthailand.com /hokstory/songkha.htm (830 words)

	Songkhla,Southern Thailand,Travel to Thailand, Visit Thailand, Hotels Thailand, Amazing Thailand - tourism in Thailand.
		Songkhla is also blessed with the scenic Songkhla Lake, an inland body of water connected to the Gulf of Thailand.
		The Khu Khut Waterfowl Sanctuary in the lake is the home to thousands of waterfowls and aquatic birds which usually come to seek refuge during December and May. Another attraction of Songkhla Lake is the Institute of Southern Thai Studies located on Ko Yo some 10 km.
		Songkhla has 2 9-hole golf courses, at Samila and Kho Hong and another 18-hole course is to be opened in 1994, the province's first.
	www.travelthailand.com /south/songkhla/htm/songkhla.htm (491 words)

	Thailander.com: Thailand Travel > Places > Songkhla - English Version (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Songkhla is one of the most famous seaside resort towns of the South having Hat Yai, the junction of communication, as the gate welcoming Malaysian and Singaporean tourists to Thailand.
		It is accessible from Songkhla via Tinsulanond Bridge to he continued via Highway No.4083 totalling a distance of 32 kms.
		Thale Sap Songkhla or Songkhla Lake is the largest inland body of water in Thailand, with a length of 80 kms.
	www.thailander.com /travel/places/province_details.asp?province_cd=54&province_name=Songkhla (951 words)

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		The region west of the lake attains 8m and comprises the earliest foothills of the Banthad Mountain Range.
		The principal inflow is from the mountains and forested Banthad Mountain Range to the west, either direct to the lake or via the northern swamps.
		There is a large volume of untreated solid and liquid waste polluting the lake and pesticide levels in the water are claimed to be high.
	sea.unep-wcmc.org /sites/pa/0768v.htm (1341 words)

	Songkhla, Southern Region of Thailand
		Songkhla is one of the most famous seaside resort towns of the South.
		Attractions on the island are orchard plantations, the weaving of "KO YO" fabric, a giant sea perch farm and two old monasteries; Wat Khao Bo and Wat Tai Yo.
		It is accessible from Songkhla via Tinsulanond Bridge to Highway No.4083 totalling a distance of 32 kms.
	www.thaiwebsites.com /provinces/songkhla.htm (781 words)

	Songkhla Thailand travel information guide and hotels
		But it is the seaside town of Songkhla, southern Thailand's oldest beach resort, that gives the province its laid-back character.
		Songkhla Lake is Thailand's largest inland body of water, where fishing predominates.
		The Pavilion Songkhla Hotel is an elegant, high rise hotel set in the heart of the picturesque port of Songkhla, one of southern Thailand's most peaceful provinces.
	www.thailand-guide.org /thailand/songkhla (681 words)

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