[greeferweq]

2 things to say about the river try throwing some bread in and see what happens as i did off a liitle long boat surprising life in there. 2nd my thai friend who grew up there told me how when swimming in the river as a child she noticed that the snake swimming alongside her was a better swimmer than her

[AngegepeM]

Let's see; it rains in the mountains, collects in streams taking a little soil with it, more volume, moves faster, more erosian, gets more opaque, carves out more soil, more volume, more debri, more volume, add a few houses, cars, trees, shrubs, agricultural runoff, ........................

Need I say more?????

[Boripiomi]

Looks like tea old boy.

[largonioulurI]

I've always worried about the colour of the river, but I have never got sick, from the fish I bort at Paknam Markets.

[SOgLak]

Fish thrive in the Chao Phraya - mainly catfish, telapia, and prawns that are farmed for restaurants. The river carries a high silt load, but upstream of the city it isn't that polluted. I learned to water ski in the Chao Phraya at Koh Khred and fell off many times, involuntarily drinking lots of water without coming to any harm. I once got a bad cut on my forehead from the ski, but it didn't go septic. But that was a long time ago when I was bullet-proof and the river was cleaner.

[soonahonsefalh]

I heard in a song long ago about Bangkok`s "muddy old river", but I did not know why it was called that way, untill I saw it in person....and boy...it sure is yellow muddy...I never seen river so murky in my life, visibility of that water is 0, ...wonder if any fish live in that river?...are there any river beaches in Bkk.?....does anybody brave to swimm in that water?....and why is it so muddy?...it looks un natural...any geologist here to explain why?...when I looked at the waters from one of the bridges, I said to my self I sure would not want to drown in THIS river