Doi Phu Nang National Park | |
Alt Name: | อุทยานแห่งชาติดอยภูนาง |
Iucn Category: | II |
Map: | Thailand |
Location: | Phayao Province |
Coordinates: | 19°N 100.16°W |
Area Km2: | 860 |
Established: | 2012 |
Visitation Num: | 35,181 |
Visitation Year: | 2019 |
Governing Body: | Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation |
Doi Phu Nang National Park (Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาติดอยภูนาง) is a national park in Dok Khamtai, Pong and Chiang Muan Districts, Phayao Province, Thailand.
The national park, with an area of 537,424 rai ~ [1] is located in two mountain chains of the Phi Pan Nam Range, Mae Yom and Nampi, with a not-protected area in between. There are both mixed evergreen forests, dipterocarp forest and dry deciduous forests in the park area.
Doi Phu Nang, the mountain that gives its name to the park, with an altitude of 1,202 m, is the highest peak in the area. The sources of two tributaries of the Yom River are in this mountain.[2] The park also has scenic rock formations and two impressive waterfalls, Namtok Than Sawan and Namtok Huai Ton Phueng.[3]
thumb|left|A green peafowl near the park officeTrees in the protected area include Malabar ironwood, Afzelia xylocarpa, Lagerstroemia calyculata, Mangifera caloneura, Ailanthus triphysa, Michelia alba, Berrya ammonilla, Schleichera oleosa, Vitex pinnata and Pterocarpus macrocarpus.
A variety of birds are found, especially the rare green peafowls, threatened by habitat destruction, which come to the park area for breeding from January to March. Among the other animals, the fishing cat, Asiatic black bear, muntjac, masked palm civet, bamboo rat, tree shrews, the Asiatic softshell turtle and the Bengal monitor deserve mention.
Doi Phu Nang National Park in overview PARO 15 (Chiang Rai) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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