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<text id=93CT1373>
<title>
Thailand--Geography
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Thailand
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Southeast Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand,
between Burma and Cambodia
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 514,000 km2</l>
<l> land area: 511,770 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of
Wyoming</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 4,863 km, Burma 1,800 km, Cambodia 803
km, Laos 1,754 km, Malaysia 506 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 3,219 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: boundary dispute with Laos; unresolved
maritime boundary with Vietnam
</p>
<p>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
</p>
<p>Terrain: central plain; eastern plateau (Khorat); mountains
elsewhere
</p>
<p>Natural resources: tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten,
tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 34%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 4%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 1%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 30%</l>
<l> other: 31%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 42,300 km2 (1989 est.)
</p>
<p>Environment: air and water pollution; land subsidence in
Bangkok area
</p>
<p>Note: controls only land route from Asia to Malaysia and
Singapore
</p></body></article></text>