Typical river houses with thatched roofs on the River Kwai

The River Kwai, more correctly Khwae Noi (Thai แควน้อย, English small tributary), is a river in western Thailand, near the border with Myanmar. At Kanchanaburi it merges the Mae Klong river, which empties into the Gulf of Thailand in Samut Songkhram. Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1234 KB)This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free content hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. ... Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1234 KB)This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free content hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. ... Thatching is the art or craft of covering a roof with vegetative materials such as straw, reed or sedge. ... The Murray River in Australia. ... The Bridge over the river Kwai A World War II cemetery in Kanchanaburi Kanchanaburi is both a city and a province in Thailand. ... Typical river house on the River Kwai The River Kwai, more correctly Kwhae Noi (English small tributary), is a river in western Thailand, near the border with Myanmar. ... The Gulf of Thailand is a gulf located in the South China Sea (Pacific Ocean), surrounded by the countries Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. ... Samut Songkhram is a town in Thailand, capital of the Samut Songkhram province. ...

The river is chiefly known for the Pierre Boulle novel and David Lean film The Bridge on the River Kwai, in which Australian, Dutch and British prisoners of war were forced by the Japanese to construct two parallel bridges spanning the river to complete the Burma Railway, notorious as the Death Railway. One bridge was wooden and temporary, the other was concrete and steel and still exists today. However the bridges actually spanned the Mae Klong, but as the railway subsequently follows the Kwae Noi valley the bridges became famous under a wrong name. In the 1960s the upper part of the Mae Klong was renamed to Kwae Yai (big tributary). Pierre Boulle (20 February 1912 – 30 January 1994) was a French novelist. ... DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... David Lean Sir David Lean (March 25, 1908 – April 16, 1991) was a British film director, best remembered for big-screen epics such as Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai and Doctor Zhivago . ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... The Bridge over the River Kwai taken in June 2004. ... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ... Thailand to Myanmar) by the Japanese during World War II to complete the route from Bangkok to Rangoon and support the Japanese occupation of Burma. ... The Bridge over the river Kwai The Death Railway (known also as Burma Railway or Burma Thai Railway) was a railway built from Thailand to Burma (now Myanmar) by the Japanese during World War II to complete the route from Bangkok to Rangoon and support the Japanese occupation of Burma. ...

The Khao Laem Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the river. Scrivener Dam, in Canberra, Australia, was engineered to withstand a once-in-5000-years flood event A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment. ...