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Khao Yai National Park

National Park

Khao Yai National Park is a national park in Thailand, established in 1962 as the country's first national park and now its third largest. The park covers a large tract of tropical forest across the Sankamphaeng and Phanom Dong Rak mountain ranges on the southwestern edge of the Khorat Plateau, and it forms the core of the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site recognized for its exceptional biodiversity, including populations of Asian elephant, gaur and several species of hornbill.

Facts
Designation Category
National Park 1
Established Year
1962 1
Area (sq km)
2166 1
Governing Body
Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation 1
IUCN Category
II 1
Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
International Designation
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
Connections

Associated With

Thailand, Countries

Khao Yai National Park is Thailand's first national park.

Source Khao Yai National Park (Wikipedia)
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1. Khao Yai National Park (Wikipedia)
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  • Extract
    is a national park in Thailand
  • Infobox, established
    18 September 1962
  • Infobox, area_km2
    2166
  • Infobox, governing_body
    Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation
  • Infobox, iucn_category
    II
  • Governing body field (existing citation)
    Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation
  • entity-description, realm terrestrial
    The park covers a large tract of tropical forest across the Sankamphaeng and Phanom Dong Rak mountain ranges on the southwestern edge of the Khorat Plateau, and it forms the core of the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site recognized for its exceptional biodiversity, including populations of Asian elephant, gaur and several species of hornbill.
  • entity-description, international-designation unesco-world-heritage-site
    The park covers a large tract of tropical forest across the Sankamphaeng and Phanom Dong Rak mountain ranges on the southwestern edge of the Khorat Plateau, and it forms the core of the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site recognized for its exceptional biodiversity, including populations of Asian elephant, gaur and several species of hornbill.
  • Associated With: Thailand, Lead section
    Established in 1962 as Thailand's first national park
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