Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:13 1 History of exploration
00:06:40 2 Geography
00:06:49 2.1 Location
00:08:09 2.2 Park layout
00:09:30 2.3 Climate
00:10:41 3 Geology
00:10:50 3.1 History of formation
00:12:08 3.2 Geological significance
00:14:09 3.3 Mounts and summits
00:16:31 3.4 Rivers and streams
00:17:17 4 Cave and grottos
00:18:32 4.1 Etymology
00:19:30 4.2 The Phong Nha Cave
00:22:47 4.3 Vòm Cave systems
00:24:31 4.4 Tiên Sơn Cave
00:25:55 4.5 Thiên Đường Cave
00:27:18 4.6 Sơn Đoòng Cave
00:28:57 4.7 Ruc Mon Cave
00:29:54 5 Biodiversity in the park
00:30:03 5.1 Florae
00:34:00 5.2 Fauna
00:37:07 6 Historical significance
00:38:39 7 Recognition by UNESCO
00:38:49 7.1 Nomination and recognition in 2003
00:42:28 7.2 Recognition for a second time
00:44:16 8 Tourist activities
00:49:13 9 Management issues
00:49:22 9.1 Management activities
00:50:20 9.2 Threats to biodiversity
00:53:05 9.3 Land management in adjacent areas
00:54:00 9.4 International funding
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Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng (Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng) is a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Bố Trạch and Minh Hóa districts of central Quảng Bình Province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam, about 500 km south of Hanoi. The park borders the Hin Namno Nature Reserve in Khammouane Province, Laos to the west and 42 km east of the South China Sea from its borderline point. Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng National Park is situated in a limestone zone of 2,000 km2 in Vietnamese territory and borders another limestone zone of 2,000 km2 of Hin Namno in Laotian territory. The core zone of this national park covers 857.54 km2 and a buffer zone of 1,954 km2.The park was created to protect one of the world's two largest karst regions with 300 caves and grottoes and also protects the ecosystem of limestone forest of the Annamite Range region in North Central Coast of Vietnam.Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng is noted for its cave and grotto systems as it is composed of 300 caves and grottos. A 2009 survey brought the total discovered length of the cave system to about 126 km, with many areas still not well explored. The Sơn Đoòng Cave, which was discovered in the 2009 survey by British and Vietnamese explorers, is considered the largest cave in the world. Even before this discovery, Phong Nha held several world cave records, including the longest river as well as the largest combined caverns and passageways.The park derives its name from Phong Nha Cave, containing many fascinating rock formations, and Kẻ Bàng forest. The plateau on which the park is situated is probably one of the finest and most distinctive examples of a complex karst landform in Southeast Asia. This national park was listed in UNESCO's World Heritage Sites in 2003 for its geological values as defined in its criteria viii. In April 2009, the world's largest cave, was re-discovered by a team of British cave explorers of the British Caving Association led by a local farmer named Ho Khanh.