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- <title>
- Malaysia: Geography
- </title>
- <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Malaysia
- Geography</hdr><body>
- <p>Location: Southeast Asia, bordering the South China Sea, between
- Vietnam and Indonesia
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Area:</l>
- <l> total area: 329,750 km2</l>
- <l> land area: 328,550 km2</l>
- <l> comparative area: slightly larger than New Mexico</l>
- </list>
- <p>Land boundaries: total 2,669 km, Brunei 381 km, Indonesia 1,782
- km, Thailand 506 km
- </p>
- <p>Coastline: 4,675 km (Peninsular Malaysia 2,068 km, East Malaysia
- 2,607 km)
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Maritime claims:</l>
- <l> continental shelf: 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation;
- specified boundary in the South China Sea</l>
- <l> exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm</l>
- <l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
- <l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
- </list>
- <p>International disputes: involved in a complex dispute over the
- Spratly Islands with China, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, and
- possibly Brunei; State of Sabah claimed by the Philippines; Brunei
- may wish to purchase the Malaysian salient that divides Brunei into
- two parts; two islands in dispute with Singapore; two islands in
- dispute with Indonesia
- </p>
- <p>Climate: tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and
- northeast (October to February) monsoons
- </p>
- <p>Terrain: coastal plains rising to hills and mountains
- </p>
- <p>Natural resources: tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore,
- natural gas, bauxite
- </p>
- <list>
- <l>Land use:</l>
- <l> arable land: 3%</l>
- <l> permanent crops: 10%</l>
- <l> meadows and pastures: 0%</l>
- <l> forest and woodland: 63%</l>
- <l> other: 24%</l>
- </list>
- <p>Irrigated land: 3,420 km2 (1989 est.)
- </p>
- <p>Environment: subject to flooding; air and water pollution
- </p>
- <p>Note: strategic location along Strait of Malacca and southern
- South China Sea
- </p></body></article></text>
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