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Ta Phraya National Park

National park in Thailand

Summary

National park in Thailand

Field	Value
name	Ta Phraya National Park
alt_name	อุทยานแห่งชาติตาพระยา
iucn_category	II
photo	Prasat Khao Lon-004.jpg
photo_caption	Prasat Khao Lon ruins
location	Buriram and Sa Kaeo Provinces
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	7
coordinates
area_km2	594
established	1996
visitation_num	3,398
visitation_year	2019
governing_body	Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP)

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Ta Phraya National Park (, , ) is a protected area at the eastern end of the Sankamphaeng Range in the area where these mountains meet the Dangrek Range, near the Thai-Cambodian border. It is largely in Ta Phraya District, Sa Kaeo Province, district after which it is named, although the park also includes sectors of Ban Kruat, Non Din Daeng, and Lahan Sai Districts of Buriram Province. The park, with an area of 371,250 rai ~ 594 km2 is east of Pang Sida National Park. It was established in 1996. It is part of the Dong Phayayen–Khao Yai Forest Complex UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Elevations range between 206 and 579 m. The highest mountain is Khao Pran Nut (ยอดเขาพรานนุช). There are also some ancient Khmer temple ruins in the park area such as Prasat Khao Lon.

Between the 1970s and the 1990s there were refugee camps for Cambodians in this part of the border zone.

Climate

The weather usually influenced by southwestern monsoon and northeastern monsoon. In the southwestern monsoon from May to October, there are high humidity winds blowing from the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand causing rain, about 1 – per year. The weather consists of three seasons: summer from February to April; rain from May to October; winter from November to January. Average temperature is 39.8 °C and the lowest temperature is 14.3 °C.

Flora and fauna

The forested areas of the park include mixed deciduous forest, dry evergreen forest, and deciduous dipterocarp forest.

Ta Phraya National Park is also home to the endangered Siamese rosewood, a tree species that is being extracted illegally for sale in especially the Chinese furniture market. Armed poachers are coming across the border from Cambodia, and rangers are since 2015 trained in military style counter-poaching measures

Location

4	Thap Lan

References

(December 2020). "ข้อมูลพื้นที่อุทยานแห่งชาติ ที่ประกาศในราชกิจจานุบกษา 133 แห่ง".
"Ta Phraya National Park".
[http://www.thailandsworld.com/index.cfm?p=867 Thailand's World]
"Ta Phraya National Park".
Stokes, Demelza. [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/05/thailands-forest-rangers-step-up-training-in-violent-blood-wood-war "Thailand's forest rangers step up training in violent 'blood wood' war"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', London, 5 January 2016. Retrieved on 11 February 2017.

Wikipedia Source

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