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Introduction - Thailand: | Location - 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
land: 511,770 sq km
water: 2,230 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: 27.54%
permanent crops: 6.93%
other: 65.53% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 49,860 sq km (2003) | | 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 page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |