Geography of Malaysia

The Federation of Malaysia is made up of two distinct areas.

Peninsular Malaysia (in the South of the Thailand) is divided North in the South by a long mountainous chain whose culminating point is at: 2189 m (Tahan mount) and where remain of vast forest zones.

The west coast is marshy and punt, the east coast is, on the contrary, made up of long sand beaches. The cultures and plantations are initially located along the coastal plains.

The Eastern Malaysia, made up of the States of Sarawak, Sabah and the federal territory of Labuan, is located at the north of the indonésienne part of Borneo (Kalimantan) and wedges the sultanate of Bruneï. This part accounts for 15% of the population out of 60% of the territory. She is primarily made up of jungle and a rather high relief (Kinabalu Mount: : 4100 m). The population is for Malayan half (Moslems), at 35% Chinese (Buddhists) and 10% Indian (hindouists) and resides for the 3/4 in the peninsula.

The country, federation of 13 States and 2 territories, is member of the the British Commonwealth. It is also a constitutional monarchy with a king elected for 5 years among the sultans of Malaysia Occidentale. The basement (gold, iron, bauxite, etc, Western side) more the gas and offshore oil rig oil (Eastern side) are, with wood and rubber, the main resources of the country.

Raw data

Climate: tropical, Monsoon of south-west from April at October, the North-East from October at February.

Relief: flat coastal, hills and mountains inside.

Natural resources: tin, Oil, wood, Copper, Iron ore, Natural gas, Bauxite.

Exploitation of the ground:

arable lands: 3%
permanent crops: 12%
permanent pastures: 0%
forests: 68% (are. 1993)

irrigated Grounds: 2' 941 km (is. 1998)

Approximately half of the Malayan peninsula are covered of Granite and others magmatic rocks. A third present in addition to the laminated rocks others that the granite, the remainder is covered with Alluvion S.

environmental Problems: air pollution and of water, Deforestation.

Natural disasters: Flood S, landslides.

Left with: biodiversity, climate changes, turning into a desert, species in the process of disappearance, right of the sea, safeguarding of the sea life, prohibition of the nuclear tests, protection of the layer of ozone, tropical wood 83, tropical wood 94, wetlands.
Signed, but not ratified: Protocol of Kyoto.

Sources

the CIA World Factbook

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