Kaeng Chet Khwae National Park

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Kaeng Chet Khwae National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
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Location within Thailand
Location Phitsanulok Province, Thailand
Coordinates 17°05′35″N100°37′22″E / 17.09306°N 100.62278°E / 17.09306; 100.62278 Coordinates: 17°05′35″N100°37′22″E / 17.09306°N 100.62278°E / 17.09306; 100.62278
Area261 km²
Visitors16,551(in 2007)

Kaeng Chet Khwae National Park is a national park in Phitsanulok Province, Thailand. [1]

National park Park used for conservation purposes of animal life and plants

A national park is a park in use for conservation purposes. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently, there is a common idea: the conservation of 'wild nature' for posterity and as a symbol of national pride.

Phitsanulok Province Province in Thailand

Phitsanulok, one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces, lies in upper central Thailand. It borders Sukhothai and Uttaradit on the north, Loei and Phetchabun to the east, and Phichit and Kamphaeng Phet to the south. In the northeast it borders Laos.

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Topography

The park consists of mountains and forest which also includes scenic steep valleys, rugged mountains, rocky terrain and waterfalls. It occupies 261 km2. [2]

Forest

The park contains mixed deciduous, deciduous, hill evergreen and dry evergreen forests. [2] It is divided into the following forest parks:

Flora and fauna

Plant species include teak, Afzelia xylocarpa Roxb., Xylia xylocarpa (Deang), Pterocarpus macrocarpus (pradoo) and rubber trees. [2]

Teak species of plant

Teak is a tropical hardwood tree species placed in the flowering plant family Lamiaceae. Some forms of teak are known as Burmese teak, Central Province teak, as well as Nagpur teak. T. grandis is a large, deciduous tree that occurs in mixed hardwood forests. It has small, fragrant white flowers arranged in dense clusters (panicles) at the end of the branches. These flowers contain both types of reproductive organs. The large, papery leaves of teak trees are often hairy on the lower surface. Teak wood has a leather-like smell when it is freshly milled and is particularly valued for its durability and water resistance. The wood is used for boat building, exterior construction, veneer, furniture, carving, turnings, and other small wood projects.

<i>Pterocarpus macrocarpus</i> species of plant

Pterocarpus macrocarpus, or the Burma padauk, is a tree native to the seasonal tropical forests of southeastern Asia: in Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. It has been naturalized in India and the Caribbean.

Among the animal species in the park are: Muntiacus muntjak, wild boar, monkey, langur, masked palm civet, porcupine, rabbit and many bird, reptile and fish species. [2]

Wild boar species of mammal

The wild boar, also known as the wild swine, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia, North Africa, and the Greater Sunda Islands. Human intervention has spread its distribution further, making the species one of the widest-ranging mammals in the world, as well as the most widely spread suiform. Its wide range, high numbers, and adaptability mean that it is classed as least concern by the IUCN and it has become an invasive species in part of its introduced range. The animal probably originated in Southeast Asia during the Early Pleistocene, and outcompeted other suid species as it spread throughout the Old World.

Monkey animal of the "higher primates" (the simians), but excluding the apes

Monkey is a common name that may refer to groups or species of mammals, in part, the simians of infraorder Simiiformes. The term is applied descriptively to groups of primates, such as families of new world monkeys and old world monkeys. Many monkey species are tree-dwelling (arboreal), although there are species that live primarily on the ground, such as baboons. Most species are also active during the day (diurnal). Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent, especially the old world monkeys of Catarrhini.

Masked palm civet species of mammal

The masked palm civet or gem-faced civet is a civet species native to the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is classified by IUCN in 2008 as Least Concern as it occurs in many protected areas, is tolerant to some degree of habitat modification, and widely distributed with presumed large populations that are unlikely to be declining.

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References

  1. ↑ "Kaeng Chet Khwae National Park". Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Kaeng Chet Khwae National Park". Department of National Parks (Thailand). Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2017.


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