Erawan National Park

Location: Kanchanaburi Province, 65 km (40 mi) North- west of Kanchanaburi   Map

Area: 550 kmĀ²

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Description of Erawan National Park

Erawan National Park It is a national park located in Si Sawat District Kanchanaburi Province. During the period Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat held the position of Prime Minister. The Cabinet passed a meeting resolution on October 7, 1959, for the Ministry of Agriculture to (Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives at present) established the Salob Mountain Forest in Kanchanaburi Province and other forests in various provinces, totaling 14 forests, as national parks. The Forest Department therefore sent officials to conduct a survey to find preliminary information from 1961-1972 using the Erawan Waterfall area as the center of the survey. It was found that the Salob mountain forest area Kanchanaburi Province It has exceptionally beautiful nature. and has abundant natural resources However, because the area is in a restricted land area according to the Royal Decree. restricted land area In Mueang District, Wang Khanai District is now Tha Muang District, Ban Thuan District is now Phanom Thuan District, and Wang Ka District is now Sangkhla Buri District. Kanchanaburi Province by the Minister of Defense and the Ministry of Interior Has a duty to maintain the royal decree. The Forest Department then reports to the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. Notify the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Interior Request to revoke the restricted area of some land that is the Salob mountain forest. To be a national park area The National Park Committee has resolved to approve the establishment of a national park with a royal decree revoking the said restricted land announced. In the Royal Gazette on June 19, 1975, and there was a Royal Decree specifying the area of Khao Salop forest land. In the area of Sai Yok Subdistrict, Tha Sao Subdistrict, Lum Sum Subdistrict, Sai Yok District, Nong Ped Subdistrict, Tha Kradan Subdistrict. Si Sawat District and Chong Sadao Subdistrict, Mueang District, Kanchanaburi Province made it a national park in 1975 and used the name "Erawan National Park" according to the popularity and familiarity of people who know Erawan Waterfall very well. With an area of approximately 549.9 square kilometers or 343,735 rai, it is the 12th national park in the country.

 

Flora and fauna

The forest conditions of Erawan National Park include:
Mixed deciduous forests make up 81.05 percent of the national park area. Covers from an altitude of 100 - 800 meters above sea level. Important plant species include Makha Mong, Takian Nu, Rok Fa, Pha Saen, Padauk, Som Siaw, Taew, Olive, Tabaek, Khanang, Ebony, Wa, etc. There are various types of bamboo that grow everywhere or in some places grow in groups, including wild bamboo, Ruak bamboo, Sang Nuan bamboo, and Hai bamboo. In addition, There are ivy plants and ground plants such as saplings, cat's milk, hawk's claw, thorns, cat's thorns, mamao fish eggs, Yan Lipao, plao luang, Kratue, sangkarn, and orchid mai na, etc.

Deciduous forest has 1.68 percent distributed at an altitude of 100 - 800 meters above mean sea level. Thung Yai Hom area National Park Protection Unit at A.W. 8 (Trunk) and the area near Thung Na Dam. The plant species found include the deciduous, red rang, kophae, makhampom, elephant cane, wild yor, forest cone, mokluang, moth bone, saban, human slime, etc. Underground plants include hair grass, tiger's tail grass, cat's claw, striped krathong vine, peng, under-leaved fruit, sweet vegetable, duck vegetable, pabphla, and flax, etc.

Dry evergreen forest, 14.35 percent, is on a long ridge in the center of the national park area. and is located next to an altitude between 600-800 meters above mean sea level. and in moist areas along the plains along the creek The plants found include Yang On, Ma Phlap Dong, Yom Hin, Takhian Thong, Samrong, Takram, Satban, Chiang Phra Nang Ae, Maduk, Plong Bai Lek, Khoi Thorn, Nam Apple, etc. Underground plants include bitter rattan, vine of monkeys, white needles, jasmine Sai Kai, Wan Setthi, Tam Yaek Wang, cinnamon vine, thorn bamboo and Niam Rishi.

From surveying the habitats of wildlife in the national park area, it was divided into They are of various types, including wild animals and mammals. reptile Amphibians, birds, and other aquatic animals Including various types of fish Important and often seen include wild elephants, buffalo bears, chamois, barking deer, wild deer, wild boars, common gibbons, northern spectacled langurs, macaques, slow lorises, star cats, common civets, chipmunks, black hawks and lizards. Gray-backed pheasant, jungle fowl, grouse, grouse, great horned dove, great crested bird, field centipede, pygmy spotted woodpecker, garden bulbul, striped-breasted grosbeak, king cobra, krait, python, cobra, blue-headed chameleon, house skink, soft-shelled turtle, house toad, khiadchana. Bullfrog, large bamboo forest frog, flying frog, crayfish, spiral fish, elephant fish. White carp, spotted snakehead fish, waterfall crab, Tanaosri crab, Kanchanaburi crab, etc.