Tham Hued - MH0033
19.581096,98.265332
Location
The cave is 2 km west-north-west of Ban Tham Lod, 100 m west of the road to Ban Yap Pa Nae on the edge of a small doline where the road cuts between two rocky outcrops. At certain times of the year the effects of carbon dioxide are immediately evident in the doline.
Description
Do not consider visiting the inner sections of this cave unless you are certain you know what you are doing because the levels of carbon dioxide are so high that you could die in the attempt. After an initially narrow section the passages become more spacious, typically 2-10 m high and 5 m wide, interrupted by 3 or 4 rock strewn caverns. There are small tributaries about 150 m and 450 m from the entrance (the tributary from the north is from Tham Christmas) and the stream disappears about 40 m from the terminal chamber. As this is about 850 m south-west of the entrance it appears that the stream may be a tributary of the Ya Pa Nae stream system. Just before the downstream sump a high level passage on the right leads to a boulder choke. After the boulder choke the passage continued until the height reduced to 20 cm.
Fauna
Belisana bantham Huber, 2005 (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Araneae, Araneomorphae, Pholcidae) û type locality (Huber 2005) Beccumon namlang (Ng et Naiyanetr, 1993) (Arthropoda, Crustacea, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamidae) û type locality (Ng and Naiyanetr 1993) Bironium troglophilum L÷bl, 1990 (Arthropoda, Insecta, Coleoptera, Scaphidiidae) - type locality (L÷bl 1990) Schistura oedipus (Kottelat, 1988) (Chordata, Actinopterygii, Cypriniformes, Balitoridae) (Trajano et al. 2002)
Documents
[Topo] Tham Hued 11/05/2019Bibliography 29/04/2020
- BAECHLER, ALEX (2000) "Caving In Thailand" Wild Isle Issue No. 12 August-September 2000 pp17-18 BOROWSKY, RICHARD (2000) "Thailand 2001 - Expedition Prospectus" www.nyu.edu/fas/cave/ExpeditionPlan.pdf BOROWSKY, RICHARD; MERTZ, LISA (2001) "Genetic Differentiation Among Populations of the Cave Fish Schistura oedipus (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae)" Environmental Biology of Fishes Vol. 63 Nos. 1-3 pp225-231 Brouquisse, Francois; Dalger, Daniel; Bakalowicz, Michel (1988) "RÚsultats HydrogÚochemiques des ExpÚditions Thai-Maros 86 et Thai 87" Expeditions de l'APS en Asie du Sud-est: Travaux Scientifiques û 1. Association PyrÚnÚenne de SpÚlÚologie, Toulouse ISBN 2-906273-03-1 pp-5-16 (French) CAHILL, T. (2003) "The CO2 Chronicles" National Geograhic Adventure Magazine November 2003 COND+, BRUNO (1994a) "Palpigrades cavernicoles et endogÚs de Tha´lande et de CÚlÞbes (2e note)" Revue Suisse Zoologie Vol. 101 No. 1 p233-263 DILOKWANICH, S.; ET AL. (2000) "An Exploration and Database System of the Caves, Mae Hong Son Province" 6 Vols. Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University, Bangkok - STD620 DEHARVENG, LOUIS (1985) "Echo des Profondeurs. Etranger. Thailande. ExpÚdition Thai-Maros 1985" Spelunca Vol. 5 No. 20 p15 DEHARVENG, LOUIS, ET AL. (1986) "ExpÚdition Tha´-Maros 85" Association PyrÚnÚenne de SpÚlÚologie, Toulouse ISBN 2-906273-00-7 DEHARVENG, LOUIS, ET AL. (1988) "ExpÚditions Tha´ 87-Tha´ 88" Association PyrÚnÚenne de SpÚlÚologie, Toulouse ISBN 2-906273-02-3 DEHARVENG, LOUIS; LECLERC, PHILIPPE (1989) "Recherches sur les Faunes Cavernicoles d'Asie du Sud-est" MÚmoires de BiospÚologie Vol. 16 No. 43 pp91-110 DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT (1995) "The Caves of Thailand" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-9-9 DUNKLEY, JOHN ROBERT; BRUSH, JOHN B. (ED.) (1986) "Caves of North-west Thailand: Report of the Australian Speleological Expeditions 1983-1986" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-2-1 62pp FOAKES, MARTIN (1998) "Caving in North-West Thailand" International Caver No. 22 pp32-35 HOSIE, PAUL (2010) "Under the Top of Thailand. Part One û Cave Lodge" Caves Australia No. 182 pp19-21 HUBER, BERNHARD, A. (2005) "High Species Diversity, Male-Female Coevolution and Metaphyly in Southeast Asian Pholcid Spiders: The Case of Belisana Thorell 1898 (Araneae, Pholcidae)" Zoologica Vol. 155 pp1-126 L÷bl, Ivan (1990) "Review of the Scaphidiidae (Coleoptera) of Thailand" Revue Suisse de Zoologie Vol. 97 No. 3 pp505-321 Maffre, Laurent (1986) "Thai-Maros '85: Mini-Expe, mais elle fait le maximum" SpÚlÚOC No. 33/34 pp30-31,33 Maffre, Laurent (1988a) "Expedition Thai 88" SpÚlÚOC No. 43 p10 MAFFRE, LAURENT (1988b) "Expedition Thai 88" Spelunca No. 30 pp9-10 NG, PETER KEE LIN (1988) "Freshwater Crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from Thailand and Sulawesi" Expeditions de l'APS en Asie du Sud-est: Travaux Scientifiques û 1. Association PyrÚnÚenne de SpÚlÚologie, Toulouse ISBN 2-906273-03-1 pp23-27 NG, PETER KEE LIN; NAIYANETR, PHAIBUL (1993) "New and recently described freshwater crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae, Gecarcinucidae and Parathelphusidae) from Thailand" Zoologische Verhandelingen Vol. 284 pp1-117 SIDISUNTHORN, PINDAR; GARDNER, SIMON; SMART, DEAN (2006) "Caves of Northern Thailand" River Books, Thailand, ISBN 9749863135 SPIES, JOHN (1994) "The Palaces of Darkness" Action Asia (Hong Kong) Vol.3 No.4 pp116-126 SPIES, JOHN (2000) "Suggestions for Cave Management" in "An Exploration and Database System of Caves: Mae Hong Son Province" Vol. 6. Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University, Bangkok STEPHENS, HAROLD (2000) "Return to Adventure Southast Asia: With Amazing Thailand as the Hub" Wolfenden, Miranda, California ISBN 09642521-6-3 ppxiv + 227 TRAJANO, ELEONORA; MUGUE, NIKOLAI; KREJCA, JEAN; VIDTHAYANON, CHAVALIT; SMART, DEAN; BOROWSKY RICHARD (2002) "Habitat, Distribution, Ecology And Behaviour Of Cave Balitorids From Thailand (Teleostei: Cypriniformes)" Icthyological Exploration of Freshwaters Vol. 13 No. 2 pp169-184 WIGFALL, MARK (1988) "Cave Lodge, Northern Thailand" Shepton Mallet Caving Club Journal Series 8 No. 5 pp202-205 YEO, DARREN C.J.; NG, PETER K.L. (2007) "On the Genus "Potamon" and Allies in Indochina (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae)" The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 16 pp273-308
History
1985 APS stopped by high CO2 1985-07-28 J.P. Besson collected type series of Bironium troglophilum, Lobl, 1990 1986 APS stopped by high CO2 1988-01-26 L. Maffre, F. Pallier, C. Thouin, B. Tonnelier (MdG) surveyed to end when there was no CO2. Tham Hued was also explored 'several years' ago by Spies and by the Borowsky/Cosslet expedition in January 2003 using supplimental oxygen.
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.3 | Cave MH0003 - MH0003 | 25 | |
| 0.4 | Tham Ban Tham North - MH0034 | 20 | 0 |
| 0.4 | Tham Christmas - MH0109 | 475 | 50 |
| 1.4 | Big Knob Cave [MH0324] | ||
| 1.7 | Tham Nam Hu - MH0246 | 410 | 10 |
| 1.8 | Cave MH0192 - MH0192 | 530 | 0 |
| 1.9 | Tham Luang - MH0277 | ||
| 1.9 | Cave MH0207 - MH0207 | 200 | 0 |
| 1.9 | Tham Sak Hoy - MH0206 | 150 | 0 |