Mun River
Location:	l5°28'N, 103°00'E to l5°08'N, 104°25'E; the course of the River Mun trorn Phutthaisong District, Maha Sarakham Province, downstream through Buriram and Surin Provinces to Muan District, Sisaket Province.
Area:	Approximately 200 km of river and 54,000 ha of riverine marshes.
Altitude:	130m.
Biogeographical Province:	4.10.4.
Wetland type:	11, 15 & 18.
Description of site:	An area of marshes flanking the banks of the Mun River and in places extending more than two km back from each bank. The site includes some areas of marsh on the lower reaches of the major tributaries of the Mun, of which the most extensive lie along the Lam Phlappa. There is great seasonal variation in the extent of standing water, flooding usually reaching a peak in October and November. The site has not been ground-checked and no further information is available. Areas of marshland and other habitats were identified from Land Use Classification Division Maps, 1978-79.
Climatic conditions:	Tropical monsoonai climate.
Principal vegetation:	No information is available on the aquatic vegetation. Adjacent areas are mainly under cultivation, although a few patches of dry dipterocarp woodland persist.
Land tenure:	No information.
Conservation measures taken:	None.
Conservation measures proposed:	The area should be surveyed in order to determine the extent and value of remaining natural or semi-natural wetland habitats.
Land use:	Not known, but human use through fishing is expected to be intensive. The principal land use in surrounding areas is rice cultivation (one crop of wet-season rice per year).
Possible changes in land use:
Disturbances and threats:	Probably considerable; in some areas, urban sprawl may be encroaching on marshy habitats, and hunting pressure is probably intense.
Economic and social values:	No information.
Fauna:	No information.
Special floral values:
Research and facilities:
References:	Land Use Classification Division (1977-1979).
Criteria for inclusion:	0.
Source:	Jira Jintanugool and Philip D. Round.