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GEOGRAPHY
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Location:
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Southeastern Asia, peninsula and northern one-third of the island
of Borneo, bordering Indonesia and the South China Sea, south
of Vietnam |
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Geographic
Coordinates:
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2 30 N, 112 30 E |
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Map
References:
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Southeast
Asia |
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Area:
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total:
329,750 sq km
land: 328,550 sq km
water: 1,200 sq km |
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Area
- Comparative:
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slightly
larger than New Mexico |
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Land
Boundaries:
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total:
2,669 km
border countries: Brunei 381 km, Indonesia 1,782 km, Thailand
506 km |
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Coastline:
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4,675
km (Peninsular Malaysia 2,068 km, East Malaysia 2,607 km) |
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Maritime
Claims:
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continental
shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation; specified
boundary in the South China Sea
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm |
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Climate:
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tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October
to February) monsoons |
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Terrain:
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coastal
plains rising to hills and mountains |
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Land
Use:
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arable
land: 3%
permanent crops: 12%
permanent pastures: 0%
forests and woodland: 68%
other: 17% (1993 est.) |
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Irrigated
Land :
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2,941
sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural
Hazards:
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flooding,
landslides |
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Environment
- Current Issues:
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party
to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered
Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation,
Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical
Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol
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Geography
- Notes:
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strategic
location along Strait of Malacca and southern South China Sea
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