Mae Charim Wildlife Sanctuary ( th, เขตรักษาพันธุ์สัตว์ป่าแม่จริม; ) is a

wildlife sanctuary A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or o ...

in Ban Khok, Fak Tha and Nam Pat districts of Thailand's Uttaradit Province. The sanctuary covers an area of and was established in 1998.

Geography

Mae Charim Wildlife Sanctuary is located about northeast of

Uttaradit The original name of Mueang district, Uttaradit, was Bang Pho. This district was under the control of Phi Chai District. Later, it was established as Uttaradit Province and Bang Pho District became the capital district. It was changed to Mueang ...

town in Bo Bia, Muang Chet Ton subdistricts, Ban Khok District and Fak Tha, Song Khon, Ban Siao, Song Hong subdistricts, Fak Tha District and

Den Lek Den Lek ( th, เด่นเหล็ก, ) is a village and ''tambon'' (sub-district) of Nam Pat District, in Uttaradit Province, Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a count ...

Tha Faek Tha Faek ( th, ท่าแฝก, ) is a ''tambon'' (sub-district) of Nam Pat District, in Uttaradit Province, Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asi ...

subdistricts, Nam Pat District of Uttaradit Province.
The sanctuary's area is and is neighbouring

Nam Pat Wildlife Sanctuary Nam Pat Wildlife Sanctuary ( th, เขตรักษาพันธุ์สัตว์ป่าน้ำปาด; ) is a Wildlife sanctuary (Thailand), wildlife sanctuary in Ban Khok District, Ban Khok, Fak Tha District, Fak Tha and Nam Pat D ...

to the southeast and

Lam Nam Nan National Park Lam Nam Nan National Park ( th, อุทยานแห่งชาติลำน้ำน่าน, ) is a national park in Thailand's Phrae and Uttaradit provinces. The national park covers an area of and was established in 1998, it is home ...

to the southwest and abutting

Si Nan National Park Si Nan National Park ( th, อุทยานแห่งชาติศรีน่าน) is a List of national parks of Thailand, national park in Thailand, Thailand's Nan Province. This mountainous park is home to steep cliffs and a long sectio ...

to the west. The small streams are tributaries of the

Nan River The Nan River ( th, แม่น้ำน่าน, , ) is a river in Thailand. It is one of the most important tributaries of the Chao Phraya River. Geography The Nan River originates in the Luang Prabang Range, Nan Province. The province ...

and Nam Pat.

Topography

Landscape is covered by forested mountains, such as Phu Chan, Phu Chang Yai, Phu Heliym, Phu Khem, Phu Pha Dan, Phu Wang. The area is divided into 39% high slope mountain area (shallow valleys, upper slopes, mountain tops and deeply incised streams), 57% hill slope area (open slopes, midslope ridges and u-shaped valleys) and 2% plains.

Flora

The sanctuary features

mixed deciduous forest Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Description TSMF is generally found in large, discon ...

(86%),

dry evergreen forest An evergreen forest is a forest made up of evergreen trees. They occur across a wide range of climatic zones, and include trees such as conifers and holly in cold climates, eucalyptus, Live oak, acacias, magnolia, and banksia in more temperate zon ...

(5%),

dry deciduous forest The tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest is a habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature and is located at tropical and subtropical latitudes. Though these forests occur in climates that are warm year-round, and may receive ...

(4%), agricultural area (3%) and

savanna A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland- grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to ...

(2%).

Fauna

Mammals in the sanctuary are: Birds, sightings of some 70 species, of which 40

passerine A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines are distinguished from other orders of birds by th ...

species from 21 families,
represented by one species: Hypothymis azurea - Kaeng Krachan

and some 30 non-passerine species from 12 families, represented by one species:

Location

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