Tham Nam Phra That - KA0140
14.398213,99.081269
Location
A resurgence cave in the valley below Tham Phra That,
Description
This resurgence stream cave rises only about 7 m in more than a kilometre of length, carrying a small cave fauna with many cave fish, explored by French and New Zealand expeditions. The stream passage passage is typically 2-3 m high and 3-4 m wide for most of its length. In 1986 progress ceased at a 3 m climb. The 1987 APS expedition climbed this 3 m climb to finish 15 m further at a sump and explored a small inlet on the left bank for 48 m. They also explored the resurgence which could be followed for a few metres and is located a few dozen metres from the entance. In 1990 Pearce's group passed the upstream sump without difficulty to several hundred metres more stream passage to a very low wet squeeze.
Topographie
DEHARVENG, LOUIS ET AL. (1987) - UIS Grade 4 (1,100m) NZSS (1990) - BCRA Grade 5c
Fauna
Borowsky in 1998 did not find any cave adapted fish, although many had been reported by the APS. He found 3 cm long cyprinids and 15-20 cm long catfish. Tibor Piroth visited the cave in 2010 and reported that the streamway is very beautiful and has fish and shrimps. Fangensis cavernarus Schwendinger et Giribet, 2005 Arthropoda, Arachnida, Opiliones, Stylocelloidea, Stylocellidae) û type locality (Schwendinger and Giribet 2005) Paranura dalgeri Deharveng, 1989 (Arthropoda, Entognatha, Poduromorpha, Neanuroidea, Neanuridae) û type locality (Deharveng 1989)
Documents
[Topo] Tham Nam Phra That 28/04/2019Bibliography 18/08/2019
- +Anon. (2015h) "Giant-faced bats died mysteriously en masse at Erawan park" Thai PBS English News 29 October 2015 +Anon. (2015i) "Bat deaths spur water use warning" Bangkok Post 2 November 2015 +BOROWSKY, RICHARD (1998) "Survey of the Cave Fishes of South-Western and Peninsular Thailand, March 1998" Unpublished report for Royal Forest Department 16pp +Brouquisse, Francois; Dalger, Daniel; Bakalowicz, Michel (1988) "RÚsultats HydrogÚochemiques des ExpÚditions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) +DEHARVENG, LOUIS (1989) "The genus Paranura Axelson 1902 in Thailand (Collembola Neanurinae)" Tropical Zoology Vol. 2 p.103-121 +DEHARVENG, LOUIS ET AL. (1987) "ExpÚdition Tha´-Maros 86" Association PyrÚnÚenne de SpÚlÚologie, Toulouse ISBN 2-906273-01-5 177pp +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 +GIRIBET, GONZALO; VOGT, LARS; GONZALEZ, ABEL PEREZ; SHARMA, PRASHANT; KURY, ADRIANO B. (2009) ôA multilocus approach to harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones) phylogeny with emphasis on biogeography and the systematics of Laniatoresö Cladistics Vol. 26 pp408-437 +RAMBLA, MARIA (1994) "Un nouveau Cyphophthalme du sud-est asiatique, Fangensis leclerci n. gen., n. sp. (Opiliones, Sironidae)" MÚmoires de BiospÚology Vol. 21 pp109-114 +SCHWENDINGER, PETER, J.; GIRIBET, GONZALO (2005) "The Systematics of the South-east Asian Genus Fangensis Rambla (Opiliones: Cyphophthalmi: Stylocellidae)" Invertebrate Systematics Vol. 19 pp297-323
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | Tham Nam Phra That Resurgence - KA0438 | 10 | 0 |
| 0.4 | Tham Phra That - KA0160 | 544 | 15 |
| 8.6 | Tham Phukung [KA0584] | ||
| 11.7 | Ban Na Tham - KA0239 | ||
| 12.4 | Tham Phu Toei [KA0524] | ||
| 12.8 | Cave KA0611 | ||
| 13.1 | Tham Kaet - KA0094 | 10 | 8 |
| 13.3 | Cave KA0093 - KA0093 | ||
| 13.5 | Tham Mai Phai - KA0089 | 45 | 0 |