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Khao Sok National Park (Thai: เขาสก, pronounced [kʰǎw sòk]) is in Surat Thani Province, Thailand. Its area is 461,712 rai ~ 739 square kilometres (285 sq mi), [ 1 ] and it includes the 165 km 2 (64 sq mi) Cheow Lan Lake contained by the Ratchaprapha Dam.
The first national park was Khao Yai in 1961, when the National Park Act B.E. 2504 was passed. The first marine park was Khao Sam Roi Yot, established in 1966. In 1993 the administration of the national parks was split into two divisions, one for the terrestrial and one for the Marine National Park Division (MNPD). [3]
From 1968 to 1981 the park's forest was used as a base for guerrillas of the Communist Party of Thailand. On 1 May 1995 an area of 14 km 2 (5.4 sq mi) in the Khao Polok Lon National Forest, originally named Namtok Than Thip Forest Park, was declared as Khao Kho National Park. A survey was set up of Khok Sam Sang forest, Khao Polok Lon forest ...
Khao Chamao - Khao Wong National Park, is a National Park in Khao Chamao District, Rayong Province in Thailand. The park covers an area of 52,300 rai ~ 84 square kilometres (32 sq mi) [1] of forested mountains. [2] North of the national park is the larger Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary.
Khao Soi Dao Waterfall (Thai: น้ำตกเขาสอยดาว or Namtok Khao Soi Dao) is a popular tourist destination in the wildlife sanctuary. It is 70 km from the town of Chanthaburi. [9] It springs from Khao Soi Dao Nua at 1,556 meters above sea level and has a total of 16 tiers.
Mu Ko Ang Thong is a marine national park in the Gulf of Thailand in Surat Thani Province. [2] It covers 42 islands in a total area of 63,750 rai ~ 102 square kilometres (39 sq mi), [3] of which about 50 square kilometres (19 sq mi) are land and the rest is water. The park was established on 12 November 1980. [4]
In 1984 the park was made an ASEAN Heritage Park, and on 14 July 2005 the park, together with other parks in the same range and in the Dong Phaya Yen Mountains further north, was proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name "Dong Phaya Yen–Khao Yai Forest Complex". As the lands adjacent to the national park are becoming increasingly ...
Khwae Noi National Park (Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาติแควน้อย, RTGS: Utthayan Haeng Chat Khwae Noi) is a national park in Chat Trakan, Nakhon Thai, Wang Thong and Wat Bot districts in Phitsanulok Province, Thailand, it was formerly known as Kaeng Chet Kwae National Park.
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