Khorat Plateau

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geographical region plateau

The Khorat Plateau is a large, elevated region in northeastern Thailand known for its agricultural landscapes and distinct geology.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Khorat Plateau canonical 4
Isan Plateau 1
Khorat Basin 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
administrativeRegion Buriram Province ⓘ
Kalasin province ⓘ
surface form: Kalasin Province

Khon Kaen province ⓘ
surface form: Khon Kaen Province

Maha Sarakham province ⓘ
surface form: Maha Sarakham Province

Nakhon Ratchasima Province ⓘ
Roi Et province ⓘ
surface form: Roi Et Province

Sakon Nakhon province ⓘ
surface form: Sakon Nakhon Province

Surin province ⓘ
surface form: Surin Province

Ubon Ratchathani Province ⓘ
Udon Thani province ⓘ
surface form: Udon Thani Province
alsoKnownAs Khorat Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Korat Plateau
borderedBy Dangrek Mountains ⓘ
Mekong River ⓘ
Phetchabun Mountains ⓘ
Phu Phan Mountains ⓘ
climate monsoonal climate ⓘ
tropical savanna climate ⓘ
contains Khorat Plateau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Khorat Basin

Sakon Nakhon Basin ⓘ
country Thailand ⓘ
dominantRockType mudstone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
drainedBy Chi River ⓘ
Mekong River ⓘ
Mun River ⓘ
economicActivity commercial agriculture ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
elevation 90–200 metres ⓘ
geologicalAge Mesozoic Era ⓘ
surface form: Mesozoic
hasGeologicalFeature Khorat Group sedimentary rocks ⓘ
hasPaleontologicalSignificance dinosaur fossils ⓘ
early mammal fossils ⓘ
highestElevation about 250 metres ⓘ
knownFor agricultural landscapes ⓘ
locatedIn Isan ⓘ
surface form: Isan region

Northeastern Thailand ⓘ
majorCrop cassava ⓘ
rice ⓘ
rubber ⓘ
sugarcane ⓘ
namedAfter Nakhon Ratchasima ⓘ
partOf Mekong River ⓘ
surface form: Mekong River basin

Southeast Asia ⓘ
soilCharacteristic low fertility ⓘ
soilType sandy soils ⓘ
subjectTo seasonal drought ⓘ
seasonal flooding ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Korat, Thailand → isPartOf → Khorat Plateau ⓘ
Korat, Thailand → locatedOn → Khorat Plateau ⓘ
Mun River → regionDrained → Khorat Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Isan Plateau
Nakhon Ratchasima → historicalRegion → Khorat Plateau ⓘ
Northeastern Thailand → hasLandscape → Khorat Plateau ⓘ
Khorat Plateau → alsoKnownAs → Khorat Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Korat Plateau
Khorat Plateau → contains → Khorat Plateau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khorat Basin