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Bandon Bay is a bay
Bay

A bay is an area of water bordered by land on three sides. Bays generally have calm waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some ocean surface wave and often reducing winds....
 in the Gulf of Thailand
Gulf of Thailand

The Gulf of Thailand is a body of water that borders, but is not part of the South China Sea . The gulf is bordered by Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam....
 in the Surat Thani Province
Surat Thani Province

Surat Thani is the largest of the Southern Thailand Provinces of Thailand of Thailand, on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Thailand. Surat Thani means City of Good People, the title given to the city by King Vajiravudh ....
, extending from the Sui cape in Chaiya district in the northwest to the Kanchanadit district
Amphoe Kanchanadit

Kanchanadit is a district in the province Surat Thani province in the south of Thailand....
 to the east. The total coastline is about 100 km. The bay is dominated by the eastuary of the rivers Tapi
Tapi River, Thailand

The Tapi river is the longest river in southern Thailand. The river originates at the Khao Luang, and has a wide estuary into the Gulf of Thailand at Bandon Bay near the town of Surat Thani....
 and Phum Duang
Phum Duang River

The Phum Duang River is a river in Surat Thani Province, Southern Thailand, the main tributary of the Tapi River, Thailand.The rivers drains an area of 6,125 km? west of the Tapi watershed, mainly the eastern slopes of the Phuket mountain range....
.

The bay is relatively shallow, with water depths ranging from 1 to 5 meters. Along the coast are mudflats due to the high rate of sedimentation, which were naturally overgrown with mangroves (Sonneratia spp.
Sonneratia

Sonneratia is a genus of plants in the Family Lythraceae. Formerly the Sonneratia were placed in a family called Sonneratiaceae which included both the Sonneratia and the Duabanga, but these two are now placed in their own monotypic subfamilies of the family Lythraceae....
, Rhizophora spp.
Rhizophora

Rhizophora is a genus of tropical mangrove trees, sometimes collectively called true mangroves. The most notable species is the Red Mangrove but some other species and a few natural hybrid s are known....
), but now mostly replaced by shrimp farms.








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Bandon Bay is a bay
Bay

A bay is an area of water bordered by land on three sides. Bays generally have calm waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some ocean surface wave and often reducing winds....
 in the Gulf of Thailand
Gulf of Thailand

The Gulf of Thailand is a body of water that borders, but is not part of the South China Sea . The gulf is bordered by Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam....
 in the Surat Thani Province
Surat Thani Province

Surat Thani is the largest of the Southern Thailand Provinces of Thailand of Thailand, on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Thailand. Surat Thani means City of Good People, the title given to the city by King Vajiravudh ....
, extending from the Sui cape in Chaiya district in the northwest to the Kanchanadit district
Amphoe Kanchanadit

Kanchanadit is a district in the province Surat Thani province in the south of Thailand....
 to the east. The total coastline is about 100 km. The bay is dominated by the eastuary of the rivers Tapi
Tapi River, Thailand

The Tapi river is the longest river in southern Thailand. The river originates at the Khao Luang, and has a wide estuary into the Gulf of Thailand at Bandon Bay near the town of Surat Thani....
 and Phum Duang
Phum Duang River

The Phum Duang River is a river in Surat Thani Province, Southern Thailand, the main tributary of the Tapi River, Thailand.The rivers drains an area of 6,125 km? west of the Tapi watershed, mainly the eastern slopes of the Phuket mountain range....
.

The bay is relatively shallow, with water depths ranging from 1 to 5 meters. Along the coast are mudflats due to the high rate of sedimentation, which were naturally overgrown with mangroves (Sonneratia spp.
Sonneratia

Sonneratia is a genus of plants in the Family Lythraceae. Formerly the Sonneratia were placed in a family called Sonneratiaceae which included both the Sonneratia and the Duabanga, but these two are now placed in their own monotypic subfamilies of the family Lythraceae....
, Rhizophora spp.
Rhizophora

Rhizophora is a genus of tropical mangrove trees, sometimes collectively called true mangroves. The most notable species is the Red Mangrove but some other species and a few natural hybrid s are known....
), but now mostly replaced by shrimp farms.

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