Key Species: Elephant, grey-faced
tit-babbler, yellow-cheeked gibbon.
Habitat: Semi-dry evergreen forest is the
dominant vegetation type in the lowlands
and the uplands. Lowland plains comprise well
over half of the protected area at elevations
from 100 - 300 m. Steep to very steep slopes
rise to the edge of the Boloven Plateau at an
elevation of around 1,000 m. Peaks near the plateau rim
reach almost 1,300 m.
Access: Dong Houa Sao is easily accessed from
major hard-top, all-weather roads in the west
(Route 13 South) and north (Pakse-Paksong).
Another east-west road skirts DHS in the south.
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