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The Khorat Plateau also Korat Plateau, is a plateau in the northeastern region of Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
, also called Isan
Isan

Isan is the northeast region of Thailand. It is located on the Khorat Plateau, bordered by the Mekong to the north and east, by Cambodia to the southeast and the Prachinburi mountains south of Nakhon Ratchasima....
. It is named after the biggest city in the area, Nakhon Ratchasima
Nakhon Ratchasima

Nakhon Ratchasima is a city in the north-east of Thailand and gateway to Isan. It is the capital of the Nakhon Ratchasima Province and Amphoe Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima....
, which is often called shortly Khorat.

The average elevation is 200 m and it covers an area of about 155,000 km˛. The saucer-shaped plateau is tilted towards the south-east, and is drained by the Mun and Chi rivers, tributaries to the Mekong
Mekong

The Mekong River is one of the world?s major rivers. It is the 12th-longest river in the world, and 7th longest in Asia. . Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of ....
, which also is the boundary of the area.






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The Khorat Plateau also Korat Plateau, is a plateau in the northeastern region of Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
, also called Isan
Isan

Isan is the northeast region of Thailand. It is located on the Khorat Plateau, bordered by the Mekong to the north and east, by Cambodia to the southeast and the Prachinburi mountains south of Nakhon Ratchasima....
. It is named after the biggest city in the area, Nakhon Ratchasima
Nakhon Ratchasima

Nakhon Ratchasima is a city in the north-east of Thailand and gateway to Isan. It is the capital of the Nakhon Ratchasima Province and Amphoe Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima....
, which is often called shortly Khorat.

The average elevation is 200 m and it covers an area of about 155,000 km˛. The saucer-shaped plateau is tilted towards the south-east, and is drained by the Mun and Chi rivers, tributaries to the Mekong
Mekong

The Mekong River is one of the world?s major rivers. It is the 12th-longest river in the world, and 7th longest in Asia. . Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of ....
, which also is the boundary of the area. It is separated from Central Thailand
Central Thailand

Central Thailand is a region of Thailand, covering the broad alluvial plain of the Chao Phraya River. It is separated from Isan by the Phetchabun mountains, and another mountain range separates it from Myanmar to the west....
 by the Phetchabun mountain range
Phetchabun Mountains

The Phetchabun mountains are a mountain range in Thailand. It extends in a roughly north-south direction, and separates the broad Chao Phraya river valley of central Thailand from the Khorat Plateau of Isan....
, and to the south from Cambodia
Cambodia

The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people. The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh....
 by the Dongrek mountains. The Khorat Plateau was formed from a sudden fault slip, probably around AD 700, where most of the ground around it fell hundreds of feet. The area eventually flattened out, but the effects are seen in the Mekong tributaries.

These together with the Truong Son Cordilliera in the north-east catch a lot of the rainfall, so the South-West monsoon
Monsoon

A monsoon is a seasonal prevailing wind that lasts for several months. The term was first used in English in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and neighboring countries to refer to the big seasonal winds blowing from the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea in the southwest bringing heavy rainfall to the region....
 has much lower intensity then in other regions—the mean annual rainfall in Nakhon Ratchasima is about 1150 mm, compared with 1500 mm in Central Thailand. The difference between dry and wet season is much stronger, which makes the area less fertile for rice
Rice

Rice is a staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in tropical Latin America, and East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, making it the second-most consumed cereal grain, after maize....
.