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{{Infobox lake
| name = Bueng Boraphet
| image = Fishing on Bueng Boraphet.jpg
| caption = Fishing on Bueng Boraphet
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| location = Central [[Thailand]]
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| outflow = [[Chao Phraya River]]
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| basin_countries = Thailand
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| area = {{convert|224|km2|abbr=on}}
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| elevation = {{convert|25|m|abbr=on}}
| islands = 2
| cities = [[Nakhon Sawan]]
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'''Bueng Boraphet''' ({{langx|th|บึงบอระเพ็ด}}, {{IPA|th|bɯ̄ŋ bɔ̄ː.rā.pʰét|pron}}, lit. "[[Tinospora cordifolia|giloy]] swamp") is the largest [[freshwater]] [[swamp]] and [[lake]] in [[central Thailand]]. It covers an area of 224&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> east of [[Nakhon Sawan]], south of the [[Nan River]] close to its confluence with the [[Ping River]]. This swamp can be seen from the train window between Bueng Boraphet and Thap Krit stations on the [[Northern Line (Thailand)|Northern railway line]].

Originally the area was covered by a large swamp, which was flooded in 1930 with the building of a dam to improve fishing.

This is the only known site for the [[white-eyed river martin]] which used to winter there, but has not been seen since 1980, and may be extinct.<ref name=Turner>{{cite book |title=Swallows & martins: an identification guide and handbook |last=Turner |first=Angela K |author2=Rose, Chris |location=Boston |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |year=1989 |isbn=0-395-51174-7 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/swallowsmartinsi00turn }} p86-88</ref>

Once in the past [[Datnioides pulcher|Siamese tiger perch]] had been considered the most famous fish species here, until it was said that ''"If anyone comes to Bueng Borapet and doesn't eat this species of fish it is as if that person has never arrived"''. But now it is probably completely extinct in Bueng Boraphet, from being caught too much, both for consumption and for trade in the aquarium fish industry.<ref>{{cite web|title="เสือตอลายใหญ่" ปลาไทยหายาก ที่หลายคนเชื่อว่า…ใกล้สูญพันธุ์จากธรรมชาติแล้ว|trans-title=“Siamese tiger perch” a rare Thai fish, many people believe that...almost to extinction in the wild|language=th|work=Amarin TV|date=2019-07-19|access-date=2020-03-03|url=https://www.amarintv.com/lifestyle-update/articles-1390/402587/}}</ref>

A [[near-threatened species]], the [[marsh grassbird]], was first discovered in Thailand here in early December 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mgronline.com/travel/detail/9620000116036|date=2019-12-04|access-date=2020-03-16|language=th|work=ASTV Manager|title=ฮือฮา พบนกชนิดใหม่ของไทยที่บึงบอระเพ็ด|trans-title=Famed for discovering Thailand's new bird species at Bueng Boraphet}}</ref>

One hundred and six square kilometres of the lake were declared a non-hunting area in 1975. In 2000 it was designated a wetland of international importance by the Thai government.<ref>[http://www.wetlands.org/Thailand/En/articlemenu.aspx?id=0552aadb-e9eb-49b2-9ded-126c0f712e01 wetlands.org] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715091321/http://www.wetlands.org/Thailand/En/articlemenu.aspx?id=0552aadb-e9eb-49b2-9ded-126c0f712e01 |date=July 15, 2007 }}</ref>
[[File:Porphyrio indicus viridis - Bueng Boraphet, Thailand.jpg|thumb|none|The [[purple swamphen]] is one of a multitude of bird species that inhabit this lake]]

==Location==
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|<strong>Bueng Boraphet Non-hunting Area in overview PARO 12 (Nakhon Sawan)</strong>
|&nbsp;
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|[[File:MAP of PARO 12 (Nakhon Sawan) EN.svg|thumb|900px|{{huge|'''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6) Bueng Boraphet Non-hunting Area in overview PARO 12 (Nakhon Sawan)'''}}]]
{| class= "wikitable" style= "width:30%; display:inline-table;"
|-
| style="width:3%; background:#00FF00;"|&nbsp;
| style="width:27%;"|'''National park'''
|-
|1 ||[[Khlong Lan National Park|Khlong Lan]]
|-
|2 ||[[Khlong Wang Chao National Park|Khlong Wang Chao]]
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|3 ||[[Mae Wong National Park|Mae Wong]]
|-
|&nbsp;|&nbsp; 
|-
| style="background:#FFA400;"|&nbsp;
| '''Wildlife sanctuary'''
|-
|4 ||[[Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary|Huai Kha Khaeng]]
|-
|5 ||[[Khao Sanam Phriang Wildlife Sanctuary|Khao Sanam Phriang]]
|-
|}
{| class= "wikitable" style= "width:30%; display:inline-table;"
|-
| style="width:3%; background:#FDE910;"|&nbsp;
| style="width:30%;"|'''Non-hunting area'''
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|6 ||Bueng Boraphet
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|7 ||Tham Phratun
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|&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
| style="width:3%; background:#C65900;"|&nbsp;
| style="width:27%;"|'''Forest park'''
|-
|8 ||Huai Khot
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|9 ||Khao Luang
|-
|10 ||Nakhon Chai Bowon
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|11 ||Tham Khao Wong
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|12 ||Tham Phet–Tham Thong
|-
|}
{| class= "wikitable" style= "width:30%; display:inline-table;"
|-
| style="background:#00FFFF;"|&nbsp;
| '''Arboretum'''
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|13 ||Kanchana Kuman
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|14 ||Paisali
|-
|}
|}

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Bueng Boraphet}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928075944/http://www.arcbc.org.ph/wetlands/thailand/tha_beubor.htm Wetlands of SE Asia]
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[[Category:Lakes of Thailand|Boraphet]]
[[Category:Non-hunting areas of Thailand]]
[[Category:Geography of Nakhon Sawan province]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1975]]
[[Category:1975 establishments in Thailand]]


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