Tenasserim Mountains
| Tenasserim Mountains | ||
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| Highest peak | Myinmoletkat Taung ( 2072 m ) | |
| location | Myanmar , Thailand | |
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| Coordinates | 13 ° 28 ' N , 98 ° 48' E | |
| rock | granite | |
The Tenasserim Mountains (also Tenasserim Range, English "Tenasserim Range", Burmese တ နင်္ သာ ရီ တောင်တန်း , pronunciation: [ tənɪ̀ɴθàjì tàuɴdáɴ ], Thai ภูเขา ตะนาว ศรี , pronunciation: [ pʰuː kʰǎo tàʔnaːwsǐː ]) is a mountain range in Southeast Asia . It forms the natural border between southern Myanmar in the west and Thailand in the east. In the south, it continues on the middle of the Malay Peninsula beyond the Isthmus of Kra and connects to the Titiwangsa chain . In the north, the Tenasserim Mountains merge into the Dawna chain , which is also between Myanmar and Thailand.
geography
The Tenasserim Mountains are part of a granite mountain range that is older than the Himalayas . It forms the backbone of the Malay Peninsula and extends all the way down to Singapore .
The Tenasserim Mountains are about 400 kilometers long. It starts at the Three Pagodas Pass , which is one of the few land connections between Kanchanaburi Province (Thailand) and the Tanintharyi Region (Myanmar). It stretches down to the province of Prachuap Khiri Khan , in which the narrowest part of Thailand (the Isthmus of Kra) is located.
Some of the highest peaks of the mountains are on the Burmese side, such as the Ngayannik Yuak Taung (1531 meters) or the Palan Taung (1455 meters).
The mountains are only sparsely populated and largely covered with dense jungle . It drops steeply to the east, the coast of the Gulf of Thailand is at a distance of between 12 and 100 kilometers.
fauna
Two well-known, threatened animal species live in the Tenasserim Mountains: the Asian elephant and the tiger . Songtam Suksawang, the director of the research department of the national parks in Thailand , estimates that around 500 elephants and only 120 tigers still live in the "Western Forest Complex".
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolf Donner : The Five Faces of Thailand . Institute of Asian Affairs, Hamburg 1978; New edition: University of Queensland Press, 1982, ISBN 0-7022-1665-8 , p. 7.
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: (English article about the protection of the rainforest sought by Thailand) )