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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.
Cheow Lan Lake [a] (Thai: ... West of Khao Sok National Park lies Sri Phang Nga National Park which extends the preservation area to 4,000 square kilometers.
There are two sub-district municipalities (thesaban tambon): Khao Wong (to be renamed Ban Ta Khun) covers 7.8 km 2 of tambon Khao Wong, and Khao Pang 10.1 km 2 of tambon Khao Pang. Each of the four tambons , except the areas covered by the municipalities, is administered by a tambon administrative organization (TAO).
Rajjaprabha Dam (Thai: เขื่อนรัชชประภา, RTGS: Khuean Ratchaprapha, pronounced [kʰɯ̀a̯n rát.t͡ɕʰā.prā.pʰāː]) or Cheow Lan Dam (เขื่อนเชี่ยวหลาน, RTGS: Khuean Chiao Lan, pronounced [kʰɯ̀a̯n t͡ɕʰîa̯w lǎːn]) is a multi-purpose dam in Ban Cheow Lan, Tambon Khao Phang, Ban Ta Khun District, Surat Thani Province.
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 Pang Kho forest and Wang Chompu forest in the area of Lom Kao district, Lom Sak district, Khao Kho ...
Khao Sam Roi Yot was probably where King Mongkut hosted European guests on 18 August 1868 to observe a total solar eclipse. The king was interested in astronomy and had calculated the date and location of the eclipse himself. His calculations proved better—by about two seconds—than those of French astronomers, who acknowledged his accuracy.
Khao Laem National Park is a park of about 1,500 square kilometers (370,658 acres) in Western Thailand, located near Myanmar in the northern area of the Tenasserim Hills, Kanchanaburi Province. It is a part of the Western Forest Complex , a system of protected wilderness in the Dawna - Tenasserim Hills area of western Thailand.
Phu Laen Kha National Park (Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาติภูแลนคา) is a national park in Thailand with a total area of 125,312.50 rai (about 200.50 km 2) covering Amphoe Kaset Sombun, Amphoe Nong Bua Daeng, Amphoe Mueang Chaiyaphum and Amphoe Ban Khwao of Chaiyaphum Province in northeastern region.