Tenasserim Hills

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Fdep1 The Tenasserim Mountains ( also Tenasserimkette, English " Tenasserim Range", burmese တ နင်္ သာ ရီ တောင်တန်း, pronunciation: [ tənɪɴθàjì tàuɴdáɴ ], Thai ภูเขา ตะนาว ศรี, pronunciation: [ p ʰ u ː k ʰ ǎo tàʔna ː wsǐ ː ] ) is a mountain range in Southeast Asia. It forms the natural border between southern Myanmar to the west and Thailand to the east. To the south it continues on the center of the Malay Peninsula across the Isthmus of Kra and also connects to the Titiwangsa chain. In the north the Tenasserimgebirge goes into the Dawna chain, which also lies between Myanmar and Thailand.

Geography

The Tenasserim mountain range is part of a granite mountain chain that is older than the Himalayas. It forms the backbone of the Malay Peninsula and reaches down to Singapore.

The Tenasserim mountain range is about 400 kilometers long. It starts at the Three Pagodas Pass, one of the few land connections between the province of Kanchanaburi (Thailand ) and the Tanintharyi Division ( Myanmar) represents. It stretches down to the province of Prachuap Khiri Khan, in the narrowest part of Thailand is located ( the Isthmus of Kra ).

Some of the highest elevations of the mountains lie on the Burmese side, such as the Ngayannik Yuak Taung (1531 meters) or Palan Taung ( 1455 meters).

The mountain range is sparsely populated and largely covered with dense jungle. It falls steeply to the east, the coast of the Gulf of Thailand lies in the distance of 12-100 kilometers.

Fauna

In Tenasserim Mountains live two known, endangered species: The Asian elephant and the tiger. Songtam Suksawang, director of the research department of the national parks in Thailand, estimates that in the " Western Forest Complex " still about 500 elephants, and only 120 tigers live.

Swell

  • Wolf Donner: The Five Faces of Thailand. Institute of Asian Affairs, Hamburg 1978, Paperback Edition: University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Queensland 1982, ISBN 0-7022-1665-8
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