The Topography of Khao Sok National Park People often call this Thailand’s Guilin, a beautiful karst landscape in China. It’s because they’re all part of the same natural phenomenon. These rocks are from a coral reef system created 250 million years ago from shell and coral deposits. Then, when the Indian subcontinent and Asian continent collided three million years ago, they rose up into these karsts. This titanic crash, which also created the Himalayas, is responsible for a 3,100-mile spine of dramatic limestone formations — from China’s Guilin to Sarawak in Borneo — also running through Malaysia and Thailand (to spectacular effect in neighbouring Phang Nga Bay and Krabi). It’s a haven that’s fought hard to exist. In 1961, an east-to-west-coast road was built to support the growing logging and mining industry. The Sok River ran brown with industrial dregs, and the forest faced an equally ugly fate, until Thai students and communist insurgents sought refuge from government forces in the dense forest of Khao Sok from 1975-82. Their occupation inadvertently helped protect the pristine area from the loggers, miners and poachers wreaking havoc elsewhere in Thailand. In 1980, a further threat, from aerial logging, was averted when a National Park Division survey confirmed the rich biodiversity of the area. Text Courtesy of National Geopraphic Traveller, By Meera Dattani via bit.ly/1z2rUK5 We Are Here With You Like ✔ Comment ✔ Share ✔ This fantastic video showcase and presents one of Khao Sok breathtaking and pristine outdoor settings. Click and Watch This Video Courtesy of Bangkok Topview via bit.ly/1C6yqWj
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