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Chankiri Tree

Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0

12% trees around it and 94 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km12%
  • wild within 10 km47%
  • species recorded94

The forest around

12% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 14%Grassland 26%Wetland 13%Water 0%Bare ground 8%Cropland 14%Built-up 23%Trees 12%Grassland 20%Wetland 14%Water 3%Bare ground 13%Cropland 19%Built-up 20%Trees 13%Grassland 17%Wetland 1%Water 6%Bare ground 8%Cropland 15%Built-up 39%Trees 15%Grassland 17%Wetland 2%Water 6%Bare ground 6%Cropland 20%Built-up 34%12%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km14%
  • 1–3 km12%
  • 3–6 km13%
  • 6–10 km15%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees12%
  • Grassland20%
  • Wetland14%
  • Water3%
  • Bare ground13%
  • Cropland19%
  • Built-up20%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

94 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Brownbeard rice
Brownbeard riceOryza rufipogon5 recordsDaderot · CC0
Indian Jointvetch
Indian JointvetchAeschynomene indica4 recordsMacleay Grass Man · CC BY 2.0
Fiveangle fimbry
Fiveangle fimbryFimbristylis quinquangularis2 recordsRison Thumboor · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wild water lemon
Wild water lemonPassiflora foetida2 recordsB.navez · CC BY-SA 3.0
Flat-top mille graines
Flat-top mille grainesOldenlandia corymbosa2 recordsRenjusplace · CC BY-SA 3.0
Phyllanthus virgatus
Phyllanthus virgatusPhyllanthus virgatus2 recordsDr.S.Soundarapandian · Public domain
Chrysopogon zizanioides
Chrysopogon zizanioidesChrysopogon zizanioides2 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Euploca strigosaEuploca strigosa3 records
Shama MilletEchinochloa colonum2 records

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

24out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 12%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 47%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 94Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking from December to March.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan34°22°16 mm
  2. Feb36°23°11 mm
  3. Mar37°25°30 mm
  4. Apr36°26°62 mm
  5. May34°25°129 mm
  6. Jun32°25°190 mm
  7. Jul31°24°163 mm
  8. Aug30°24°167 mm
  9. Sep30°24°190 mm
  10. Oct30°24°167 mm
  11. Nov31°23°89 mm
  12. Dec32°22°28 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Chankiri Tree.

Trees against which babies and children were murdered in the Cambodian genocide

Chankiri Tree is a notable tree in Cambodia.

Seen from space, 12% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 47% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

94 species have been recorded around it: 9 plants, 0 fungi, 85 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Brownbeard rice, Indian Jointvetch and Fiveangle fimbry.

The best time to walk is from December to March.

Leaning Samanea saman - Rain tree - on the bank of an island at golden hour in Si Phan Don Laos
Basile Morin · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

  • Nokor Samrithplace to stay · 7.0 km · 552 within 10 km
  • Spean Thmanearest town · 2.3 km in a straight line
  • Techo International Airport (KTI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 14 km in a straight line

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Chankiri Tree seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 1named and notable trees within 6 kmNuy Vanneth Mony Co LTD
  • 1picnic sites within 4 kmភោជនីយដ្ឋាន ជំនោរធម្មជាតិ
  • 1shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmInformation and Ticket Office
  • 4car parks within 3 km
  • 552places to stay within 10 kmNokor Samrith, Chhuk Roth G.House, Home City Hotel and 549 more
  • 22restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • campsites within 10 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Chankiri Tree.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Beng Pralil0.4 km² · 7.1 kmBoeung Kak0.7 km² · 10 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Other forests nearby.

Chankiri Tree

Cambodia

  • 24Forestyas Score
  • 12%Trees
  • 47%Wild
  • 94Species

Prey Lang

Cambodia · 203 km

  • 60Forestyas Score
  • 100%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • —Species

See the guide

Xẻo Quýt Historical Site

Vietnam · 156 km

  • 19Forestyas Score
  • 30%Trees
  • 51%Wild
  • 2Species

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Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens

Vietnam · 211 km

  • 30Forestyas Score
  • 11%Trees
  • 33%Wild
  • 187Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q5072203) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species1,424 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesLakeyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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