Tham Yai [KA0176]
(TH)
14.826354,98.857009
14.826354,98.857009
Length 500m Depth 0m
Location
In the 6th collapse doline, separated from Tham Nok Nang En 4 by a 100 m long doline with a small waterfall at its upper end. The 6th doline is now accessible via a track built by the National Park.
Description
A low entrance with debris, not fully explored, can be bypassed along an old dry stream bed to the north. To quote the National Parks website "water bubbles up from underground and seeps through the walls to create a stream which winds around the sandy floor of this cave for about 200 mö. The chamber is reported to be 200 m long by 180 m wide by 50 m high.
Topographie
ROCHE, FRANCIS (ED.) (1993)
Fauna
Schistura jarutanini Kottelat, 1990 (Chordata, Actinopterygii, Siluriformes, Balitoridae) (Borowsky 1998)
Documents
Bibliography 04/09/2019- +BOROWSKY, RICHARD (1998) "Survey of the Cave Fishes of South-Western and Peninsular Thailand, March 1998" Unpublished report for Royal Forest Department 16pp +DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1995) "The Caves of Thailand" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-9-9 +DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT; WILTON-JONES, GRAHAM; CLARK, JANE (1989) "The Karst Windows of the Nam Khlong Ngu, Western Thailand" Cave Science Vol. 16 No. 2 pp71-73 +Ellis, Martin; Laumanns, Michael (2017) "Thailand" in Laumanns, Michael; Price, Liz (eds.) (2017) "Atlas of the Great Caves and Karst of Southeast Asia: Part 2 Myanmar - Vietnam" second edition, Berliner Hohlenkundliche Berichte Band 67 pp241-292 +MENIER, ANNICK (1990) "Expedition Speleologique Mae Kwae 1988" Spelunca No. 39 pp9-10 +Mouret, Claude (2004) "Asia, Southeast" in Gunn, John (ed.) "Encyclopedia of Caves and Karst Science" Fitzroy Dearborn, London ISBN 1-57958-399-7 pp100-104 +NATIONAL PARK OFFICE (2006) "National Parks in Thailand" National park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok 280pp +ROCHE, FRANCIS (ED.) (1993) "Mae Kwae 88. Expedition Speleologique en Thailand" Groupe Speleo Scientifique et Sportif, Perigueux 140pp +WILTON-JONES, GRAHAM (1988b) "Tham Huai Klong Ngu - The Snake River System & Swallow Cave, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand" Bristol Exploration Club Belfry Bulletin No. 443 pp9-18
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.2 | Tham Nok Nang En 4 [KA0175] | 80 | 0 |
| 0.2 | Tham Hen Mee [KA0510] | 197 | 27 |
| 0.4 | Tham Nok Nang En 3 [KA0174] | 150 | 0 |
| 0.7 | Tham Nok Nang En 2 (KA0173] | 250 | 0 |
| 0.8 | Bivouac Cave [Grotte de Bivouac] [KA0171] | 20 | 0 |
| 0.9 | Tham Nok Nang En - KA0172 | 3230 | 25 |
| 1.9 | Tham Nam - KA0177 | 557 | 7 |
| 2.0 | Cave KA0509 | 18 | 2 |
| 3.2 | Tham Towat - KA0356 | 42 | 5 |