Geography Of Malaysia

Location	Southeastern Asia, peninsula bordering Thailand and northern one-third of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia, Brunei, and the South China Sea, south of Vietnam
Geographic coordinates	2 30 N, 112 30 E
Map references	southeast_asia
Area	total: 329,750 sq km water: 1,200 sq km land: 328,550 sq km
Area comparative	slightly larger than New Mexico
Land boundaries	total: 2,669 km border countries: Brunei 381 km, Indonesia 1,782 km, Thailand 506 km
Coastline	4,675 km (Peninsular Malaysia 2,068 km, East Malaysia 2,607 km)
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation; specified boundary in the South China Sea
Climate	tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons
Terrain	coastal plains rising to hills and mountains
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m
Natural resources	tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, bauxite
Land use	arable land: 5.48% other: 76.91% (2001) permanent crops: 17.61%
Irrigated land	3,650 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	flooding, landslides, forest fires
Environment - current issues	air pollution from industrial and vehicular emissions; water pollution from raw sewage; deforestation; smoke/haze from Indonesian forest fires
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
Geography note	strategic location along Strait of Malacca and southern South China Sea

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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