Geography
The river begins in the Khao Yai National Park area of the Sankamphaeng Range, near Nakhon Ratchasima in the northeast (Isan) of Thailand. It flows east through the Khorat Plateau in southern Isan (Buriram, Surin and Sisaket provinces) for 466 miles (750 km), until it joins the Mekong at Khong Chiam in Ubon Ratchathani. The Moon River's main tributary is the Chi River, which joins it in Kanthararom district of Sisaket province.
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