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| 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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