This swamp can be seen from the train window between Bueng Boraphet and Thap Krit stations on the 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.

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.

[2] A near-threatened species, the marsh grassbird, was first discovered in Thailand here in early December 2019.

[3] One hundred and six square kilometres of the lake were declared a non-hunting area in 1975.