Thailand: Geography#
| Location | Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 15 00 N, 100 00 E 15.0,100.0 |
| Area | total: 513,120 sq km land: 510,890 sq km water: 2,230 sq km [Verified in 8 databases] |
| 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 |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m highest point: Doi Inthanon 2,576 m |
| Highest Mountains | As there is no entry in Wolfram we are listing mountain list of Geonames only: According to Geonames: Doi Inthanon 2580 m; Doi Inthanon 2565 m; Kio Mae Pan 2324 m; Doi Pha Luang 2291 m; Doi Luang Chiang Dao 2138 m Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Mountains |
| Terrain | central plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains elsewhere |
| Natural Hazards | land subsidence in Bangkok area resulting from the depletion of the water table; droughts |
| Natural Resource | tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, arable land |
| Land Use | arable land: 30.71% permanent crops: 8.77% other: 60.52% (2011) |
| 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 |
| Irrigated Land | 64,150 sq km (2007) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 438.6 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | 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 |
| Large Cities | Bangkok; Samut Prakan; Nonthaburi; Udon Thani; Chon Buri [Verified] Important Cities |
| Geography-note | controls only land route from Asia to Malaysia and Singapore |