| Geography | Thailand |
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Location:
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Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma |
Geographic coordinates:
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15 00 N, 100 00 E |
Map references:
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Southeast Asia |
Area:
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total: 514,000 sq km
land: 511,770 sq km
water: 2,230 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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slightly more than twice the size of Wyoming |
Land boundaries:
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total: 4,863 km
border countries: Burma 1,800 km, Cambodia 803 km, Laos 1,754 km, Malaysia 506 km |
Coastline:
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3,219 km |
Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation |
Climate:
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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:
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central plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains elsewhere |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point: Doi Inthanon 2,576 m |
Natural resources:
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tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, arable land |
Land use:
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arable land: 27.54%
permanent crops: 6.93%
other: 65.53% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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49,860 sq km (2003) |
Total renewable water resources:
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409.9 cu km (1999) |
Total renewable water resources - per capita:
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6,220 cubic meters per capita |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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Total: 82.75 cu km/yr (2%/2%/95%)
Per capita: 1,288 cu m/yr (2000) |
Natural hazards:
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land subsidence in Bangkok area resulting from the depletion of the water table; droughts |
Environment - current issues:
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air pollution from vehicle emissions; water pollution from organic and factory wastes; deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife populations threatened by illegal hunting |
Environment - international agreements:
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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:
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controls only land route from Asia to Malaysia and Singapore |
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