Chuor Phnom Krâvanh
| Cardamom Mountains | ||
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 Illegal lumberjack camp in the Cardamom Mountains |
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| Highest peak | Phnom Aural ( 1813 m ) | |
| location | Cambodia - Thailand | |
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| Coordinates | 12 ° 0 ′ N , 103 ° 15 ′ E | |
The Chuor Phnom Krâvanh Mountains ( Khmer script 
, German Krâvanh Mountains or Cardamom Mountains , Thai : ทิว เขา บรรทัด , Thio Khao Banthat ) is a mountain range that extends in southwest Cambodia along the Gulf of Thailand .
The Cardamom Mountains are geographically divided into two zones. The cardamom chain in the north consists mainly of sandstone. In the east of the mountain is the Phnom Aural (1,813 m), the highest mountain in the country. To the south of this summit is the smaller Elephant Mountains ( Chuor Phnum Damrei ), which reach heights of up to 1100 m.
ecology
According to the WWF, it forms a common ecoregion with the Vietnamese island of Phú Quốc to the south .
Wildlife
The forest of the Cardamom Mountains is one of the last intact rainforest areas in Southeast Asia. It is home to the largest population of Asian elephants in Cambodia as well as 74 other rare animal species. The rainforest of the Cardamom Mountains is the habitat of Indochinese tigers and the smaller Malaysia tiger , clouded leopard , Siamese crocodile , sun bear and cap gibbon . There are also more than 250 species of birds in the forests of the mountains, which is roughly half the number of Cambodian bird species. A dam in the planning phase, if implemented, would flood important habitats for threatened species.
tourism
The Cardamom Mountains are a popular destination for ecotourism , which is a source of income for the local population and is gentle on nature.
Natural resources
The sensitive and species-rich ecosystem of the Cardamom Mountains is possibly through a planned, up to 20,000 hectares of titanium - surface mining of the private mining company United Khmer Group endangered.
Web links
- Renowned scientific site on nature conservation
- Wildlife Alliance in Cambodia
- Save the Rainforest eV
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ramesh Boonratana, Philip Rundel, Eric Wikramanayake: Southeastern Asia: Southern Cambodia stretching into Thailand and Vietnam , flora and fauna in the WWF eco-zone. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
- ↑ a b http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0901-hance_cambodia_mine.html Retrieved February 21, 2011.
- ↑ theglobalmail.org ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.asia-adventures.com/cambodia/cambodia-activities/eco-tourism-cambodia/chi-pat-cardamom-cambodia.php Accessed February 21, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.regenwald.org/mailalert/674/titan-mine-bedroht-kambodschanische-waldelefanten Retrieved on February 21, 2011.
