Khlong Lan National Park (
Thai
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อุทยานแห่งชาติคลองลาน) is a
national park
A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...
in
Thailand
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.
Description
Khlong Lan National Park is situated in the
Dawna
The Dawna Range (; th, ทิวเขาถนนธงชัยตะวันตก, ทิวเขาดอยมอนกุจู), also known as Dawna Hills, is a mountain range in eastern Burma and northwestern Thailand. Its northern e ...
Mountain Range.
This park lies in
Khlong Lan and
Mueang Kamphaeng Phet districts of
Kamphaeng Phet Province
Kamphaeng Phet ( th, กำแพงเพชร, ) is a province in upper central Thailand. It borders the provinces of Sukhothai to the north; Phitsanulok to the northeast; Phichit to the east; Nakhon sawan to the south; and Tak to the west a ...
, the Lower north of Thailand and occupies 187,500 rai ~ .
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The park is rugged and hilly along the Dawna Range, and is covered by fertile forest. Each mountain connects to
Khun Khlong Lan, the highest peak at above sea level.
It's the origin of Khlong Khlung and Khlong Suan Mak, the tributaries of the
Ping River
The Ping River ( th, แม่น้ำปิง, , ), along with the Nan River, is one of the two main tributaries of the Chao Phraya River. It originates at Doi Thuai in the Daen Lao Range, in Chiang Dao district, Chiang Mai province. After pas ...
. The famous places in the park are Khlong Lan and Khlong Nam Lai
Waterfall
A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.
Waterfalls can be formed in several wa ...
s.
History
The park was declared a national park on December 25, 1985 as the 44th park of Thailand.
See also
*
List of national parks in Thailand
National parks in Thailand ( th, อุทยานแห่งชาติ) are defined as ''an area that contains natural resources of ecological importance or unique beauty, or flora and fauna of special importance''. Thailand's protected ar ...
*
List of Protected Areas Regional Offices of Thailand Since the beginning one hundred years ago, forest management in Thailand has undergone many changes, in form of reclassifications, name changes and management changes. All this has resulted in a division of 16 regions with 5 branches in 2002. Five r ...
References
External links
National Park Division
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Geography of Kamphaeng Phet province
National parks of Thailand
Tourist attractions in Kamphaeng Phet province
Protected areas established in 1985
1985 establishments in Thailand
Dawna Range