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Coral Reefs are a protection for Islands and the Coast of Khao Lak and preferred Sites for Scuba Diving and Snorkelling.
Mangrove Trees grow along tropical Coasts and are permanent Living Area for many Sea Creatures.
Tropical Rain Forests are found along the Southern Coasts of Thailand and by today are located in protected Areas and National Parks.
Thailand's National Parks cover more than 10% of the total Country, however, Protection is often inadequate.
Khao Soke National Park lies South of the Isthmus of Kra and is easily reached within one hour's Drive from Khao Lak.
Koh Surin Marine National Park has some of the most exciting Snorkel Sites in Thailand and can be reached from Khao Lac.
Koh Similan Marine National Park is one of the World's Top Ten Dive Locations and in easy reach from Tab Lamu Pier, just 20 Minutes Drive from Khaolak.
The Brazilian Para Rubber Tree is today grown all over South East Asia with Thailand producing nearly Half of the World's Rubber.
5 Species of Sea Turtles live in tropical Sea Waters with some of them laying their Eggs on the Beaches of Kho Kho Khao Island during Night Time.
   
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Phang Nga Bay

Established in 1981, Phang Nga National Park lies in the sheltered waters north and east of Phuket Island. Its pale, milky-green water is the setting for more than 80 spectacular islands, often rising to 300 metres and more. People have sailed the waters of Phang Nga Bay for at least 3000 years. The islands of Phang Nga are part of a geological feature which extends all the way from south of Krabi in Thailand north to the southern provinces of China. Technically, Phangnga Bay is referred to as a drowned karstland.

View to Phang Nga Bay

At one time this was a barrier reef thousands of kilometres long. From the onset of the Permian Age, roughly 230 million years ago, corals and other marine organisms laid down deposits of calcium carbonate hundreds of metres thick. Then, movements in the earth's crust came to exert enormous pressures on this sedimentary rock. Rather than bend and fold, the inelastic limestone ruptured. Blocks of stone sheered away one from the other, some thrusting up while others sank.

Lawa Island

Other forces have played their role in sculpting the dramatic cliffs and natural monuments: periodically, the earth's icecaps have expanded and retreated, alternately taking up and releasing massive quantities of sea water, raising and lowering sea levels worldwide by more than 150 metres. The most recent occasion was 8500 to 10000 years ago, when the icecaps last retreated. Before that, this had all been dry land, and these islands mountains. As the ice melted, the sea rose dramatically, pouring into the valleys and low-lying areas between the mountains of Phang Nga Bay. Wind, waves and currents taking up the job of carving which had been largely left of since the previous inundation.

James Bond Island

These days, the waters of Phang-Nga Bay average only a few metres. The bottom is silt which has been deposited by several rivers which flow into the bay from the north. That also explains the milky-green colour of the water. Deciduous limestone scrub forest crowns most of the islands and the mainland. Taller, evergreen forest can be found in the valleys, where the soil is deeper and richer.

Phang Nga Bay

Plants such as pandanus, elegant cycads, euphorbs and prickly pear cactus establish themselves even on the sheer cliff faces, sending their roots into the tiniest crack and subsisting on rainwater or merely on the humidity. Mangrove swamps are in evidence between the islands and around estuaries, but most of them are coastal mangroves and found outside the park boundary. Those inside are largely degraded and illegal exploitation continues.

 

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