Nat Ma Taung

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Nat Ma Taung, also known as Mount Victoria and Khaw-nu-soum in Chin, is a mountain in Chin State of western Myanmar. Part of the Chin Hills range, the mountain rises to 3,053 meters (10,018 feet) above sea level.

Nat Ma Taung lies in the Chin Hills-Arakan Yoma montane forests ecoregion. Surrounded at lower elevations by tropical and subtropical moist forests, Nat Ma Taung's higher elevations form a sky island, home to many temperate and alpine species typical of the Himalaya further north, as well as many endemic species.

The mountain is now protected within Nat Ma Taung National Park, established in 1994.

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  • Wikramanayake, Eric; Eric Dinerstein; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (2002). Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: a Conservation Assessment. Island Press; Washington, DC.


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