!!!Malaysia: Geography ||Location|Southeastern Asia, peninsula bordering Thailand and northern one-third of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia, Brunei, and the South China Sea, south of Vietnam ||Geographic Coordinates|2 30 N, 112 30 E[{GoogleMap location='2.5,112.5' zoom='4'}] ||Area |''total: ''329,847 sq km\\''land: ''328,657 sq km\\''water: ''1,190 sq km\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__] ||Land boundaries|''total: ''2,669 km\\''border countries: ''Brunei 381 km, Indonesia 1,782 km, Thailand 506 km ||Coastline|4,675 km (Peninsular Malaysia 2,068 km, East Malaysia 2,607 km) ||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Indian Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m ||Highest Mountains| Mount Kinabalu 4102 m; Gunung Trus Madi 2642 m; Tambuyukon 2579 m; Mount Murud Sarawak 2423 m; Gunung Mulu 2376 m\\[[__Verified__]\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Mountains|Geography/Asia/Malaysia/Geography/Important_Mountains] ||Terrain|coastal plains rising to hills and mountains ||Natural Hazards|flooding; landslides; forest fires ||Natural Resource|tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, bauxite ||Land Use|''arable land: ''5.44%\\''permanent crops: ''17.49%\\''other: ''77.07% (2011) ||Climate|tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons ||Irrigated Land|3,800 sq km (2009) ||Renewable Water Resources|580 cu km (2011) ||Environment_CurrentIssues|air pollution from industrial and vehicular emissions; water pollution from raw sewage; deforestation; smoke/haze from Indonesian forest fires ||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements ||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Kuala Lumpur; Klang; Subang Jaya; Johor Bahru; Ipoh\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Kota Bharu; Kuala Lumpur; Klang; Kampung Baru Subang; Johor Bahru\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/Asia/Malaysia/Geography/Important_Cities] ||Geography-note|strategic location along Strait of Malacca and southern South China Sea