Phu Ruea (), is a 1365 m high mountain in Loei province,

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

. It is in Phu Ruea district. This mountain is part of the

Phetchabun Mountains The Phetchabun mountains (, , ) are a mountain massif in Phetchabun Province, Phetchabun, Phitsanulok Province, Phitsanulok, Loei Province, Loei and Chaiyaphum Provinces, Thailand. It consists of two parallel mountain chains, with the valley of th ...

, a massif forming a natural boundary between

northern Thailand Northern Thailand, or more specifically Lanna, is a region of Thailand. It is geographically characterized by several mountain ranges, which continue from the Shan Hills in bordering Myanmar to Laos, and the river valleys that cut through them. ...

and

Isan Northeast Thailand or Isan (Isan language, Isan/, ; ; also written as Isaan, Isarn, Issarn, Issan, Esan, or Esarn; from Pāli ''isāna'' or Sanskrit ईशान्य ''īśānya'' "northeast") consists of 20 provinces in northeastern Thai ...

. The peak rises seven kilometers north of Highway 203, between Loei town and Phetchabun. The name of the mountain comes from the fact that it looks like an upside down boat () from certain angles. The Phu Ruea High Altitude Agricultural Research Station is on the mountain and Phu Ruea National Park encompasses the peak. The park borders Sainyabuli province in

Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...

at its northern end. Most of the mountain is covered in mixed

evergreen forest An evergreen forest is a forest made up of evergreen trees. They occur across a wide range of climatic zones, and include trees such as conifers and holly in cold climates, eucalyptus, live oak, acacias, magnolia, and banksia in more temperate zo ...

. The area around the mountain is part of the

Luang Prabang montane rain forests The Luang Prabang montane rain forests ecoregion (WWF ID: IM0121) covers elevations over 800 meters in the Luang Prabang Range, Luang Prabang mountains that straddle the border between northern Thailand and north-central Laos, and the highlands th ...

ecoregion An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecological and geographic area that exists on multiple different levels, defined by type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of land or water, and c ...

.Luang Prabang montane rain forests
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Thai geography: Isan northern and eastern riparian belt
*{{WWF ecoregion, id=im0121, name=Luang Prabang montane rain forests
Phu Rua National Park Official Website
Geography of Loei province Mountains of Thailand Phetchabun Mountains

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