| Thung Salaeng Luang National Park | |
| Iucn Category: | II |
| Map: | Thailand |
| Location: | Phitsanulok, Phetchabun Provinces, Thailand |
| Coordinates: | 16.8278°N 100.87°W |
| Established: | 27 May 1963 |
| Visitation Num: | 52,126 |
| Visitation Year: | 2019 |
| Governing Body: | Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation |
Thung Salaeng Luang National Park (th|อุทยานแห่งชาติทุ่งแสลงหลวง,) is a national park in Phitsanulok and Phetchabun Provinces of Thailand. It encompasses substantial portions of Wang Thong and Lom Sak Districts.
The park consists of limestone hills, slate and hardpan at altitudes ranging from, Khao Khae is the highest point in the park. Thung Salaeng Luang is inlaid with meadows, especially in the southern portions of the park. The park is the source of numerous streams. There are large salt licks at Pong Sai in the northwest and Pong Thung Phaya in the southwest. The Wang Thong River flows through the park.
Thung Salaeng Luang was proposed for inclusion in the national parks system In 1959. Thung Salaeng Luang was declared the 3rd national park in 1963, covering an area of . At the request of the Thai Army were withdrawn from the national park. That is why a "new" national park area was created in 1972. Thung Salaeng Luang was "reestablished" as a national park on 27 May 1975, covering an area of 789,000 rai ~ .[1] From the late-1960s to the early-1980s, the park's forest was used as a base for guerrillas of the Communist Party of Thailand.
The park features numerous forest types, including hill evergreen, conifer, tropical evergreen, dry evergreen, mixed deciduous and dry dipterocarp forest.
Plant species have a significant variety:
Evergreen species:Dipterocarp species:Deciduous species:Flowering plant species:Carnivorous plant species include:Orchids species include:
The number of sightings in the park are:
Mammals, include:Birds, the park has some 170 species, of which some 115 species of passerine from 37 families, represented by one species:and some 55 species of non-passerine from 20 families, represented by one species:Reptiles, include:Amphibians, include:Fishes, include:Butterflies, include:
The average annual temperature is, although temperatures often reach during late spring and early summer. The average annual rainfall is .
Historically, malaria has been a health issue in the park.
Communist insurgents as well as hill tribes and other intruders have destroyed some of the park's flora and fauna over the years.
| Thung Salaeng Luang National Park in overview PARO 11 (Phitsanulok) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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