Pranburi Forest Park
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The Pranburi Forest Park protects the mangrove
forest of the Khlong Kao-Khlong Kob National Reserve Forest. It is located at the mouth of the Pranburi River
to the Gulf of Thailand
in Pranburi district
, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province
, Thailand
. The park covers an area of 3.17 km² and was established on September 30, 1982.
Mangrove
Mangroves are various kinds of trees up to medium height and shrubs that grow in saline coastal sediment habitats in the tropics and subtropics – mainly between latitudes N and S...
forest of the Khlong Kao-Khlong Kob National Reserve Forest. It is located at the mouth of the Pranburi River
Pranburi River
The Pran Buri River is a river in the Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand, on the Kra Isthmus of the Malay Peninsula. The Pran Buri river originates in southern part of the Kaeng Krachan National Park, and after 130 km mouths into the Gulf of Thailand. The only town at the river course is...
to the Gulf of Thailand
Gulf of Thailand
The Gulf of Thailand , also known in to Malays as Teluk Siam literally meant Gulf of Siam, is a shallow arm of the South China Sea.-Geography:...
in Pranburi district
Amphoe Pran Buri
Pran Buri is a district in the northern part of Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, central Thailand.-History:Mueang Pran was a city in the southern cities group of Ayutthaya kingdom. In the reign of King Mongkut , the governor of Mueang Pran had full authorised administrative...
, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province
Prachuap Khiri Khan Province
Prachuap Khiri Khan is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Phetchaburi in the north and Chumphon in the south. To the west it borders Tanintharyi Division of Myanmar....
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
. The park covers an area of 3.17 km² and was established on September 30, 1982.