Kaeng Krachan National Park

Kaeng Krachan National Park ; อุทยานแห่งชาติ แก่ง กระจาน
	In the Kaeng Krachan National Park
Location:	Phetchaburi , Thailand
Next city:	Petchaburi from the north or Hua Hin / Prachuapkhirikhan from the south
Surface:	2915 km²
Founding:	June 12, 1981
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The Kaeng Krachan National Park ( Thai อุทยานแห่งชาติ แก่ง กระจาน ) is the largest national park in Thailand with an area of 2915 square kilometers. It is located in the district ( Amphoe ) Kaeng Krachan ( Thai : อำเภอ แก่ง กระจาน ) of the Phetchaburi province on the border with Myanmar . Phetchaburi Province in the southwestern part of the central region of Thailand . Together with other protected areas, it belongs to the Western Forest Complex . The Kui Buri National Park borders to the south .

history

The national park was established in 1981 as the 28th national park in the country.

Location and topography

The western border of the park also forms the border with Myanmar, in the east of the Kaeng Krachan lies the Kaeng Krachan dam , which supplies the neighboring population with electricity and water.

The topography is characterized by ranges of hills and mountains that rise up to 1200 meters above sea level.

Flora and fauna

Plant species

The park is dominated by evergreen or deciduous forests that occupy 95% of the area.

Animal species

In addition to viable populations of large animals threatened elsewhere, such as the Asian elephant , collar bear , sun bear , Asian wild dog , saddleback tapir , Banteng , Gaur , leopard , clouded leopard , Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) and the Indochinese tiger ( Panthera tigris corbetti ), there are numerous other mammals including the sambar deer , tenasserim muntjac , kantschil , serau , binturong , pig badger , Malay pangolin and golden jackal . Among the monkeys are found to handed gibbon , Robinsons Banded Surili , Southern Brillenlangur , cynomolgus monkey , northern pig-tailed macaque and stump-tailed macaque .

The park also offers a refuge for numerous rare bird species, such as the woolly necked stork , gray-headed sea eagle ( Icthyophaga ichthyaetus ), red- armored parrot ( Psittinus cyanurus ) and Malayan uhu ( Bubo sumatranus ). Around the Kaeng Krachan Water Reservoir you can find numerous water birds such as the little grebe , osprey , Bacchus heron and several species of kingfisher. In total, the park is home to 58 confirmed species of mammals and 355 species of birds.

Southern African langur ( Trachypithecus obscurus ) in Kaeng Krachan
Red marten ( Martes flavigula ) in the park
Brown-headed pint ( Merops leschenaulti ) - Kaeng Krachan
Cock of the caliph pheasant ( Lophura leucomelanos )
male brown-breasted bluecatcher (Cyornis tickelliae)
male brown-breasted partridge (A. brunneopectus)
Feuerliest (Halcyon coromanda)
Grünflügelbülbül (Ixos mcclellandii)

Kaeng Krachan facility at Zurich Zoo

In June 2014, Zurich Zoo opened a new elephant park named after the Thai national park. With part of the income, the zoo supports the protection of the elephants in the Kaeng Krachan National Park.

literature

Vasa Sutthipibul, et al. (Ed.): National parks in Thailand. National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok 2006, ISBN 974-286-087-4 .
National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department (Ed.): Plants of Kaeng Krachan National Park. National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok 2006.
Biswajit Roy Chowdhury, Buroshiva Dasgupta, Indira Bhattachrya, Stephen Elliott, Nigel Hicks, WWF Malaysia: Natural Wonders of Asia, the finest National Parks of India, Thailand, the Philippines & Malaysia. New Holland Publishers Ltd, 2004, ISBN 1-84330-772-3 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Vasa Sutthipibul et al. (Ed.) (2006): National parks in Thailand.

↑ Lon I. Grassman Jr. (1999): Ecology and behavior of the Indochinese leopard in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. (PDF; 935 kB) @1@ 2

↑ Occurrence of the Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand ( Memento of the original dated December 31, 2015 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. (PDF; 261 kB) @1@ 2

↑ Adi Kälin: More space under the turtle roof . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . No. 128 , June 5, 2014, p. 17 .

↑ PROTECTION OF WILD ELEPHANTS IN THAILAND. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: Zoo Zurich. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014 ; Retrieved June 5, 2014 . 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.

Web links

Commons : Kaeng Krachan National Park - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Kaeng Krachan in the Western Forest Complex (last accessed May 18, 2014)
Description of the Kaeng Krachan National Park by the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (last accessed on May 18, 2014)

[npinTH-1] Vasa Sutthipibul et al. (Ed.) (2006): National parks in Thailand.