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CHIANG DAO NATIONAL PARK |
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General Information |
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Chiang Dao is the ridge of mountain of Doi Chiang Dao and Pha Dang. This is the same area of Chian Dao Wild Animals Protection Area and Sri Lanna National Park which namely the Chiang Dao National Park. The forest of the northern part of Thailand is the source of Ping river and Mae Tang river or so called "Khun Nam Ping and Khun Nam Mae Tang" which are located in the National Conservation Forest of Chiang Dao, Amphur Viang Haeg, Amphur Chiang Dao and Forest
Conservation of Mae Fang river in Amphur Fang, Chiang Mai province. |
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The temperature is quite hot in summer and cold in winter with the lowest temperature about 7.5 degrees Celsius, and the highest temperature about 26.7 degrees Celsius. There is heavy rain in rainy season approximately 1,838.5 mm. of rain all the year round with the heaviest rain in August.
The area has not suffered with the weather except some times in winter. Wind and hail can destroy the local orchard and cause flooding which can damage communication in the area. |
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of a mountain range and productive
forest which is the source of
water. The semi-evergreen forest,
mountain forest and pine forest
have valuable plants such as
wild champak, Yang, Malabar ironwood,
baleric myrobalan, cinnamon tree,
pine, Heang (a kind of Dipterocarpus
obtusifolius) and eng.
The mixed forest and deciduous
forest has valuable plants
such as Burmese ebony, ironwood,
Tabak (a kind of Lagerstroemia),
Yorpar (a kind of Rubiaceae),
Sela (a kind of Lagerstroemia),
Chittagong wood, ingyin, Siamese
sal, myobalan wood, Tiew (a kind
of Catoxylum), many kinds of bamboo
and grass, etc. The area is in
the same forest of Chiang Dao
Animal Reservation, Chiang Dao
District, the
home of valuable animals such
as goral, wild boar, barking deer,
banteng, guar, porcupine, langur,
palm civet, squirrel, chipmunk,
many kinds of bird and reptiles.
The amphibians found near
river include many kinds of frog,
toad. |
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