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1.Area
Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary was established on
April 24 , 1974 with the area of 600,000 hectares along
the Mayanmar border .
2.Location
Thun Yai adjoins Umphang Wildlife Sanctuary to the
north and Khao Laem National Park to the South . To the
east it adjoins Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary and
Mayanmar to the west .
3.Geography
Ranges from 250m to the peak of Karungpadu (Khao Thai
Par) at 1,831m in the south west quarter of the
sanctuary . The topography is generally mountainous
with a network of many permanent rivers and streams
dividing the area into valleys of several peaks over
1,500m and lowland plain .
4.Forest Resources
Due to its immense area , in fact the largest forest
inland in South East Asian Regions , various kind of
forest are hill evergreen forest , dry evergreen forest
, mixed deciduous forest , dry dipterocarp , savanna
forest , grassland forest .
5.Wildlife
elephant , serow , gaur , red muntjac , sambar , tigers
, Asiatic black bear, sun bear , monkeys gibbon ,
black giant squirrel , tapir , small Indian Civet
, common plain Civet , Siam fireback , horn bill , wood
peckers etc.
6.Nature Attractions
1. Thungyai " The Great FieldW is the nation biggest
grass land .
2. Kwae Yai River flows through the wildlife sanctuary
, steep cliff on its river side with many small water
falls pour in it .
3. King Kwae is the narrowest of Kwa Yai river with 6
meters at 2 kilometers above Dongwee stream end .
4. Khao Hua Loan is a unique place , treeless mountains
, on the mountain top above Dongwee stream end with a
panorama view of Mae Klong River and long mountain
range at horizon surrounded .
5. Mong Plae Cliff , a limestone range at Tikady valley
, another spot to see a panorama view of the
great grass field at its peak .
6. Song Tai Tunnel , a spot where Song Tai Big Stream
went undergroud through the long tunnel at the mountain
leg .
7. Sesawo Valley , another big grass field located
between Sesawo and Mae Kasa wildlife protection station
where Sesawo Stream flow through .
8. Water Falls , Sesawo Falls and Huai Kue are more
than 100m in height , Salwa and Takeanthong are
beautiful big water falls and also the Lower Sesawo
Falls which still keeps its virgin in the midst of a
dense forest .
9. Mong Dong Swamp , a big water well where various
species of birds could be found .
10. Kaurungpadu or Khao Tai Par , 1,831m at its peak
and the highest mountain of the wildlife sanctuary and
in the central region of Thailand Kingdom , Beautiful
ancient evergreen forest and the habitat of many rare
species of wildlife .
11. Suriya River has many beautiful whirlpool ,
originated in The wildlife sanctuary and goes through
Mayanmar .
7.The Natural Heritage of The World
The Unesco
declared Thungyai Naresuan and Huai Kha Khaeng
Wildlife Sanctuary to be the World Heritage Site in the
meeting at Tunisia in year 1991 due to its richness of
natural resources and biodiversity which hardly to be
found in other place of the world which complied with
the four criteria of consideration as follows :
I. its excellent in
biodiversity which composed of 4 geographical ecosystem
of Sundeic , Indo - Burmese , Indo - Chinese and
Sino - Himalayan .
II. excellent of
natural resources and origin of many important streams
and rivers .
III. important
habitat to 28 rare wildlife species which close to
extinction .
IV. Natural evident
to Earth evolution periods , eg., Ice Age .
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