Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary

Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary
เขตรักษาพันธุ์สัตว์ป่าเขาอ่างฤๅไน
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map showing the location of Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary
Map showing the location of Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary
Location in Thailand
LocationThailand
Nearest cityChachoengsao
Coordinates13°12′00″N 101°44′00″E / 13.20000°N 101.73333°E / 13.20000; 101.73333
Area1,078 km2 (416 sq mi)
Established1977
Governing bodyDepartment of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation

The Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary (Thai: เขตรักษาพันธุ์สัตว์ป่าเขาอ่างฤๅไน) is a protected area at the western extremities of the Cardamom Mountains in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand. Founded in 1977, it is an IUCN Category IV wildlife sanctuary, with an area of 674,352 rai ~ 1,078 km2 (416 sq mi).[1] South-east of, and connected with, the wildlife sanctuary is the Khao Sip Ha Chan National Park. South-west of the protection is the Khao Chamao–Khao Wong National Park.

The sanctuary is partly covered by lowland evergreen forest, along with dry and moist evergreens, mixed deciduous, deciduous dipterocarp, as well as grassland.[2]

  1. ^ "เขตรักษาพันธุ์สัตว์ป่าเขาอ่างฤาไน" [Khao Ang Rue Nai wildlife sanctuary] (PDF). Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (in Thai). 5 September 2001. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. ^ "KHAO ANG RUE NAI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY". Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Retrieved 15 April 2018.