Bang Lang National Park is a national park in Yala province, Thailand. The park is home to lakes, waterfalls and tropical forests.
Geography Bang Lang National Park is in the Betong, Bannang Sata and Than To districts of Yala province. It is about from Yala. The park's area is , with an average elevation of . It is a watershed for the Pattani River. The park lies across the Malaysian border from Royal Belum State Park.
Attractions Bang Lang Dam, long and high, impounds a reservoir, Than To Lake. Than To Waterfall has nine levels. Other park waterfalls include To Mo waterfall, high, and La-ong Rung waterfall.
Flora and fauna Plant species in the park include Johannesteijsmannia altifrons, Intsia palembanica, Dipterocarpus alatus, Hopea odorata, Phanera aureifolia and Mesua nervosa (now Kayea nervosa).
The park hosts animals including elephant, Malayan tapir, serow, gaur, muntjac, sambar deer, macaque, langur, gibbon, Malayan porcupine and the critically endangered banteng. The Sumatran rhinoceros was formerly found here but is now extinct in Thailand. Birds in the park include great hornbill, red-whiskered bulbul and white-rumped shama.
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