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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