Friday, 4 September 2009

Erawan National Park : Kanchanaburi, Thailand

Erawan National Park was designated in June 1975, Thailand''s 12th National Park in Kanchanaburi. This is an area of 550 Km.2 of high mountains and beautiful valleys. The mountain in eastern 996M. To cut limestone cliffs.

Topography
Erawan National Park was designated in June 1975, Thailand's 12th National Park. This is an area of 550 km2 of high mountains and beautiful valleys. The eastern mountains of 996m. To cut limestone cliffs. The mountains protect the park from east monsoon resulting in low average rainfall.

Climate
The mountains protect the park from east monsoon resulting in low average rainfall. During the sweltering summer, but it is great between the cool from November to February.

Flora and fauna
The main features of the park is the beautiful Erawan waterfalls created an abundance of small channels unite for the fall of steep cliffs. Deciduous forests covered about 78% of the park with Pterocorpus macrocarpus, Hopea adorata, Afzelia xylocarpa Spondias pinnata and some of the dominant tree species. There is also dipterocarp, dry and Evergreen bamboo forests. Wildlife survey of mammals, reptiles, birds and amphibians were conducted. It you are lucky you can catch a glimpse of the elephants, Gibbons, Siamese catch the feet, flying squirrels, Eagles, White-eye, king cobra and pythons. Fish, crabs and insects are abundant in many mediums.

This is the one destination you don't miss to go to kanchanburi to see the real deep jungle in Thailand forest.

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