Kiw Sur Ten and Kuang Sao Hin, Doi Lo District, Chiang Mai Province

Kiw Sur Ten and Kuang Sao Hin are natural phenomenon located a couple of kilometres to the east of Pha Chor in Mae Wang National Park. They have different characteristics to Pha Chor but were created by the build-up of sediment around the edge of a river basin. Later through tectonic forces, the area was lifted up forming a steep slope taking the sediment with it. Afterwards natural forces such as wind and rain eroded and washed away the sediment leaving beautiful vertical rock stacks. These formed 5 million years ago in the Tertiary Period. Today the Ping River has relocated its course some 10 kilometres away. Due to the large number of rounded pebbles of various sizes at Kiw Sur Ten and Kuang Sao Hin it can reasonably assumed that this was the old river bed of the Ping river.

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