Udon Thani (Kumphawapi district)

Kumphawapi lies in the south-east of Udon Thani province, in Isan, on the shore of Nong Han Kumphawapi, a large freshwater lake fringed by wetlands and rice fields. Once a small mueang established beside the water, it was brought under Udon Thani during the thesaphiban administrative reforms of the early twentieth century and grew as a farming town and local market centre for the surrounding villages. Daily life here remains closely tied to the lake, to fishing and to rice cultivation. Between December and February, flowering water lilies spread across part of the lake, an area known as the Red Lotus Sea, which visitors usually explore by boat in the early morning, when the blooms are open.

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Nature, biodiversity and ecosystems
Wetland, lake & marsh
Udon Thani (Kumphawapi)
Red Lotus Lake (Kumphawapi)
North of Kumphawapi, a lake born of the monsoon ten thousand years ago is covered with pinkish-red flowers from December to February and keeps in its mud the memory of Isan’s climate.

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