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Phu Sang National Park

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Governing body
  
สำนักอุทยานแห่งชาติ

Phone
  
+66 93 232 9517

Area
  
284.9 km²

Established
  
2000

Phu Sang National Park

Location
  
Chiang Rai and Phayao Provinces

Address
  
ทางหลวง แผ่นดิน หมายเลข 1093, ภู ซาง พะเยา, Phu Sang, Phu Sang District, Phayao 56110, Thailand

Similar
  
Phu Sang National Park, ที่ทำการ, Ban Huak, Phu Chi Fa Forest Park, ภูชี้ฟ้า

Phu Sang National Park (Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาติภูซาง) is a national park in Northern Thailand.

Contents

It covers the Thoeng District of Chiang Rai Province and Chiang Kham and Phu Sang Districts of Phayao Province.

DescriptionEdit

Phu Sang National Park is located in one of the north-easternmost mountain chains of the Phi Pan Nam Range bordering Laos. The sources of many rivers are in these mountains. The park also has caves with stalactites and stalagmites and a warm water waterfall, Namtok Wang Kaew.

Flora and faunaEdit

Trees in the protected area include Dipterocarpus obtusifolius, Dipterocarpus alatus, Dipterocarpus turbinatus, Lagerstroemia loudonii, Lagerstroemia calyculata, Lagerstroemia tomentosa, Anisoptera costata, Michelia floribunda, Artocarpus lacucha, Pterocarpus macrocarpus, Afzelia xylocarpa, Xylia xylocarpa, Terminalia bellirica, Tectona grandis, Dillenia pentagyna, Schleichera oleosa, Lithocarpus densiflorus and Irvingia malayana.

Animals in the park area include the Indian muntjac, the Burmese hare, the Indochinese flying squirrel, black giant squirrel, the Java mouse-deer and the jungle cat.

References

Phu Sang National Park Wikipedia