Geography
This mountain range is a part of the wider Tenasserim Hills system. It forms the southernmost section of the Indo-Malayan cordillera which runs from Tibet through the Kra Isthmus into the Malay peninsula.
The Titiwangsa mountain range begins in the north as the Sankalakhiri Range, a prolongation of the Nakhon Si Thammarat Range which includes the smaller Pattani, Taluban and Songkhla subranges. The main range runs approximately from northwest to southeast across the border into Malaysia and ends in the south near Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Foothills extend further southeastwards into Johor.
The highest elevations are 2,187 m high Mount Tahan (Gunung Tahan) and 2,183 m (7,162 ft) high Gunung Korbu. On the Thai side the highest point is 1,533 m high Ulu Titi Basah (ยูลูติติ บาซาห์), located at the Thai/Malaysian border between Yala Province and Perak. Among the southern foothills one of the most important is 1,276 m high Mount Ophir.
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