Geography Of Thailand

Location	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma
Geographic coordinates	15 00 N, 100 00 E
Map references	southeast_asia
Area	total: 514,000 sq km water: 2,230 sq km land: 511,770 sq km
Area comparative	slightly more than twice the size of Wyoming
Land boundaries	total: 4,863 km border countries: Burma 1,800 km, Cambodia 803 km, Laos 1,754 km, Malaysia 506 km
Coastline	3,219 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Climate	tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid
Terrain	central plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains elsewhere
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m highest point: Doi Inthanon 2,576 m
Natural resources	tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, arable land
Land use	arable land: 29.36% permanent crops: 6.46% other: 64.18% (2001)
Irrigated land	47,490 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	land subsidence in Bangkok area resulting from the depletion of the water table; droughts
Environment - current issues	air pollution from vehicle emissions; water pollution from organic and factory wastes; deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife populations threatened by illegal hunting
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea
Geography note	controls only land route from Asia to Malaysia and Singapore

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

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