Kaeng Krachan

	Kaeng Krachan Kaeng Krachan may refer to the following places in Phetchaburi Province, Thailand: * Kaeng Krachan District * Kaeng Krachan Dam * Kaeng Krachan National Park Kaeng Krachan National Park ( th, อุทยานแห่งชาติแก่งกระจาน, , ) is the largest national park of Thailand. It is on the border with Burma, contiguous with the Tanintharyi Nature Reserve. It is a po ... * Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex, a World Heritage Site covering Kaeng Krachan National Park and some others * Kaeng Krachan Circuit, a motorsports venue (race track) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kaeng Krachan Dam The Kaeng Krachan Dam ( th, เขื่อนแก่งกระจาน, , ) is a multi-purpose hydroelectric dam in the Kaeng Krachan District of Phetchaburi Province, Thailand. The dam impounds the Phetchaburi River. It was officially opened in 1966 by King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit. Description Kaeng Krachan Dam is an earth dam. It is long and high. Its reservoir has a maximum storage capacity of with a catchment area of . The dam is considered multi-purpose, supporting electricity generation, irrigation, water supply, fisheries and recreation activities. The islands in the reservoir were local hills prior to their submergence. Power plant The dam's power plant has a single hydroelectric generating unit with an installed capacity of 19 MW. The annual power generation is 70 GWh A kilowatt-hour (unit symbol: kW⋅h or kW h; commonly written as kWh) is a unit of energy: one kilowatt of power for one hour. In terms of SI derived units with special names, it e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kaeng Krachan National Park Kaeng Krachan National Park ( th, อุทยานแห่งชาติแก่งกระจาน, , ) is the largest national park of Thailand. It is on the border with Burma, contiguous with the Tanintharyi Nature Reserve. It is a popular park owing to its proximity to the tourist town of Hua Hin. It was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 26 July 2021, despite concerns from the OHCHR around the human rights violations of the indigenous people that live in the park. Geography The park covers parts of the districts Nong Ya Plong, Kaeng Krachan, and Tha Yang of Phetchaburi Province, and of Hua Hin of Prachuap Khiri Khan Province. It consists mainly of rain forest on the eastern slope of the Tenasserim Mountain Range. The highest elevation in the park is 1,513 meters, in a "joint area of Thailand and Myanmar". The second highest mountain peak is Kao Panern Toong with an elevation of 1,207 m. Two main rivers originate within the park area, the Pranburi River and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex ( th, กลุ่มป่าแก่งกระจาน) is the inscribed name of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Thailand. It covers the areas of Kaeng Krachan, Kui Buri and Chaloem Phrakiat Thai Prachan national parks, and Mae Nam Phachi Wildlife Sanctuary, in the Ratchaburi, Phetchaburi and Prachuap Khiri Khan provinces of Western Thailand, on the country's border with Myanmar. The site was inscribed on the World Heritage list in 2021. Description The site is located along the Thailand side of the Tenasserim mountain range, part of a north-south granite and limestone mountain ridge running down the Malay Peninsula. Located at the cross-roads between the Himalayan, Indochina, and Sumatran faunal and floral realms, the property is home to rich biodiversity. It is dominated by semi-evergreen/dry evergreen and moist evergreen forest with some mixed deciduous forest, montane forest, and deciduous dipterocarp forest. A number of endemic and global ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]