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The Dangrek Mountains (also: Dangrek Mountains, Khmer: Chuor Phnom Dangrek; Thai: ทิว เขาพนม ดง รัก, Khao Phanom Thiu Dongrak ) is a mountain range along the border between Thailand's Northeast region and Cambodia. It stretches nearly 300 miles long from the Sankamphaeng mountain chain of the Khao Yai National Park across to the Chong Bok Mountains, where the borders of Thailand, Cambodia and Laos.

Characteristic of the mountain range is the gentle slope to the north in contrast to the steep south. The soft rise is noted by the Thai side hardly the border into Cambodia but is along a steep slope.

The Dangrek Mountains mainly consists of low hills with the Phu Phan and Phra Wihan - formations of solid sandstone and micaceous shale and siltstone. North of the ridge, between the south of Nakhon Ratchasima and the southern province of Ubon, are characteristic basalt surveys, such as the Dong Chan Yai with 293 m and the Dong Chan Noi with 290 m height. Further east lies the Khao Phanom Rung with 377 m height.

Compared with the Phetchabun mountain range, the Dangrek Mountains has only a moderate height. The highest point is 756 m to the east with only a few other mountains have more than 600 m in height, such as the Phalan Sun (670 m) and the Ai Nak Phanom ( 638 m).

Preah Vihear Temple, the famous temple of the Khmer from the 11th century, is located in the Dangrek Mountains, on the Cambodian side of the border.

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• Wolf Donner: The Five Faces of Thailand. Institute of Asian Affairs, Hamburg 1978, Paperback Edition: University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Queensland 1982, ISBN 0-7022-1665-8

• Mountains in Asia
• Mountains in Thailand
• Geography (Cambodia)