Nam Tok Pha Charoen National Park

Namtok Pha Charoen อุทยานแห่งชาติ น้ำตก พา เจริญ
Waterfall in the national park
Coordinates: 16 ° 30 ′ 28.9 ″  N , 98 ° 42 ′ 11.1 ″  E
Location:	Tak , Thailand
Next city:	Tak
Surface:	855 km²

The Namtok Pha Charoen National Park ( th .: อุทยานแห่งชาติ น้ำตก พา เจริญ) is a national park in the Phop Phra District in the Tak Province in the northern region of Thailand .

location

The 855 square kilometer (= 534,375 Rai ) protected area is located west of Tak on the border to Myanmar . Most of its area includes mountains with deciduous and mixed forests up to a height of 1765  m .

administration

Namtok Pha Charoen National Park is administered by the Thai Forest Service, the Royal Forest Department .

climate

The relatively cool climate in the national park is characterized by the monsoons  - a large-scale air circulation in the lower troposphere in the tropics and subtropics in the area of ​​influence of the trade winds  . The year can be divided into three periods due to the monsoons:

• Summer (March to May); not extremely hot because of the altitude
• Rainy season (June to October)
• Winter (November to February) with temperatures up to 6 ° C

The average amount of precipitation in the park is between 1500 and 2000 mm per year.

Flora and fauna

flora

The protected area is characterized by deciduous and coniferous forests.

fauna

Gaurs ( Bos gaurus ), deer, muntjaks ( Muntiacus muntjak ), wild boars, Indochinese tigers ( Panthera tigris corbetti ), snakes , porcupines , civets and gibbons live in the national park .

Attractions

• Nam Tok Pha Charoen : a 97-tier waterfall ; he gave the national park its name
• Bo Nam Ron Huai Nam Nak : a naturally warm spring with a constant temperature of 12 degrees Celsius
• Doi Kia viewpoint: at 512 meters, the highest point on the border between Myanmar and Thailand
• Nam Tok Pa Wai : a waterfall that is fed by the Pa Wai Creek
• Nam Tok Sai Fa and Nam Tok Sai Rung : two more waterfalls

See also

• National parks in Thailand

Web links

Commons : Namtok Pha Charoen National Park  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• List of links to individual NPs , trekthailand.net (in English and Thai)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Namtok Pha Charoen National Park". Department of National Parks (DNP) Thailand; accessed on October 28, 2015.
2. ↑ "Pharcharoen National Park". Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT); accessed on October 28, 2015.