Tham Pha Sawan - NA0005 [Tham Phra]
18.855891,100.733221
Location
From Nan take the road to Chang Klang. 11km from Nan enter the Tham Pha Tup park. From the parking lot follow the arrowed path that leads to the entrance of the cave.
Description
The entrance leads into a small size short gallery opening on an upper inlet. To the right of the main entrance, a gallery of 30 m. is quickly clogged. Two great gongs mounted on a wooden structure are arranged near the upper entrance. Later, a gallery decorated with two Buddha statues ended after 40 meters. Shortly before the statues, followed by a skylight escalation of 4 meters leads plugged in a gallery parallel to the right and break the ceiling by a beautiful skylight 30 m On the left of the gallery, open a clogged sink of 15 m. down by Francios Brouquisse in 1992
Fauna
Plusioglyphiulus bessoni Golovatch, Geoffroy, Mauries et VandenSpiegel, 2009 (Arthropoda, Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae) û type locality (Golovatch et al. 2009b)
Documents
Bibliography 20/08/2020- GOLOVATCH, SERGEI I; GEOFFROY, JEAN-JACQUES; MAURI+S, JEAN-PAUL; SPIEGEL, DIDIER VAN DEN (2009) "Review of the millipede genus Plusioglyphiulus Silvestri, 1923, with descriptions of new species from Southeast Asia (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae)" Zoosystema Vol. 31 No. 1 pp71-116 GOLOVATCH, SERGEI I; GEOFFROY, JEAN-JACQUES; MAURI+S, JEAN-PAUL; SPIEGEL, DIDIER VAN DEN (2011) "The millipede genus Plusioglyphiulus Silvestri, 1923 in Thailand (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae)" Zootaxa Monograph 2940 63pp JARLAN, PHILIPPE; CARON-JARLAN, VIOLAINE, BELUCHE, ALEXANDRA; BELUCHE, FRANCOIS (2010) "Expedition NANTHAI 2008" SociÚtÚ SpÚlÚologique de l' AriÞge-Pays d'Olmes 55pp VOGT, NILS B. (2013) "Temple Caves & Grottoes in Thailand: A Picture-Guide Book" Booksmango, Bangkok ISBN 978-616-222-160-6 214pp
History
First explored by Francois Broquisse in 1992. The cave was surveyed by SSAPO in 2008.
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | Tham Pha Sawan [NA0023] | 20 | 0 |
| 0.1 | Tham Takian [NA0027] | 20 | 0 |
| 0.1 | Tham Pha Tup - NA0004 | 50 | 0 |
| 0.2 | Tham Biae [NA0022] | 25 | 0 |
| 0.2 | Tham Chedi Kaew - NA0021 | 43 | 15 |
| 0.3 | Tham Bo Nam Thip - NA0006 | 100 | 50 |
| 0.4 | Tham Song Satang [NA0065] | ||
| 25.9 | Ban Wang Tham - NA0009 | ||
| 33.4 | Tham Phra Charon - NA0016 |