Khao Laem National Park

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Khao Laem National Park
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Map showing the location of Khao Laem National Park
Map showing the location of Khao Laem National Park
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LocationKanchanaburi Province, Thailand
Nearest citySangkhlaburi
Coordinates15°01′20″N 98°35′50″E / 15.02222°N 98.59722°E / 15.02222; 98.59722Coordinates: 15°01′20″N 98°35′50″E / 15.02222°N 98.59722°E / 15.02222; 98.59722
Area1,497 km²
Established5 December 1987 [1]

Khao Laem National Park is a park of about 1,500 square kilometers in western Thailand, located in the northern area of the Tenasserim Hills, Kanchanaburi Province. It is a part of the Western Forest Complex, a system of protected wilderness in the Dawna-Tenasserim Hills area of western Thailand.

The park surrounds the Khao Laem Reservoir in Kanchanaburi province about 340 km northwest of Bangkok. It is cut through by Road 323. The vegetation consists of mixed deciduous, hill evergreen and dry evergreen forest. It is adjacent to the Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary, which is situated to the northeast of Khao Laem National Park. Large animals of the area include tigers, elephants, gaurs, sambar deer, barking deer and wild boars.[2]

The park hosted the second season of New Zealand version of Survivor entitled Survivor NZ: Thailand.[3]

Geography[]

The landscape of the park is steeply limestone mountain run on north-south axis. It is located next to the Vajiralongkorn Reservoir.[4]

Climate[]

The area is in tropical climate which influenced by southern wind and Andaman sea wind and divided into three seasons as follows.[4]

  1. The rainy season (June–October), heavy raining
  2. The cold season (November–January), the coldest temperature recorded was 10˚C
  3. The hot season (February–May), the hottest temperature record was 37-38˚C in April

Flora and fauna[]

The park consists of mixed deciduous, hill evergreen and dry evergreen forest, which are the wildlife habitats of animals such as bears, tigers, elephants, sambar deers, barking deers, wild boars and birds.[4]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". www.dnp.go.th. Archived from the original on 26 March 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Elliot, Stephan; Cubitt, Gerald (2001). THE NATIONAL PARKS and other Wild Places of THAILAND. New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd. pp. 42–44. ISBN 9781859748862.
  3. ^ Fenwick, George (22 April 2018). "Thailand: braving the roads to Sangkhlaburi, ahead of Survivor New Zealand series two". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b c http://www.dnp.go.th/parkreserve/asp/style2/default.asp?npid=102&lg=2. Archived from the original on 2009-03-26. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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