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Phu Soi Dao () is a mountain in Phu Soi Dao National Park
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Phu Soi Dao () is a mountain in Southeast Asia
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. It is 2120 metres tall and rises at the south end of the Luang Prabang Range
The Luang Prabang Range (, ), named after Luang Prabang, is a mountain range straddling northwestern Laos and Northern Thailand.
Most of the range is located in Sainyabuli Province (Laos), as well as Nan and Uttaradit Provinces (Thailand), w ...
, on the border between Laos
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and Thailand
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. Phu Soi Dao National Park is on the Thai side of the range in Phitsanulok
Phitsanulok (, ) is a city municipality in northern Thailand and the capital of Phitsanulok province. It had a city population of 60,827 and an urban population of approximately 200,000 in 2024, making it Thailand's 19th-most populous city p ...
and Uttaradit Provinces.
''Pinus kesiya
''Pinus kesiya'' (Khasi pine, Benguet pine or three-needled pine) is one of the most widely distributed pines in Asia. Its range extends south and east from the Khasi Hills in the northeast Indian state of Meghalaya, to northern Thailand, Philipp ...
'', ''Betula alnoides
''Betula alnoides'' (; , , literally: "tiger power") is a species of birch that is native to countries including Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam, at elevations of and higher in some cases (u ...
'', ''Schima wallichii
''Schima wallichii'', commonly known as the needlewood or Chinese guger tree, is a species of evergreen tree in the tea family, Theaceae.
''Schima wallichii'' is native to a wide area of China and tropical Asia. It grows tall.
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'' and ''Shorea siamensis
''Shorea siamensis'' is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is native to most of mainland Southeast Asia.
Uses
In Cambodia, ''Shorea siamensis'' (known in Khmer as រាំងភ្នំ – Raing Phnom) is rare and most oft ...
'' are among the species of trees present in the forest. '' Utricularia spinomarginata'' and '' Utricularia phusoidaoensis'' are endemic plants on Phu Soi Dao. There are numerous waterfalls in the range area.See also
*List of mountains in Thailand
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*Thai–Laotian Border War
The Thai–Lao Border War, or known in Thai as Battle of Ban Romklao (; December 1987 – February 1988), was a short confrontation between Thai and Lao forces. It involved a dispute over the map made by French surveyors in 1907 to mark the borde ...
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Mountains of Laos Mountains of Thailand International mountains of Asia Laos–Thailand border Luang Prabang Range {{Thailand-geo-stub