Malaysia

Location	Southeastern Asia, peninsula bordering Thailand and northern one-third of the island of Borneo, bordering Indonesia, Brunei, and the South China Sea, south of Vietnam
Geographic coordinates	2 30 N, 112 30 E
Map references	Southeast Asia
Area	total: 329,847 sq km land: 328,657 sq km water: 1,190 sq km
Area - comparative	slightly larger than New Mexico
Land boundaries	total: 2,669 km border countries: Brunei 381 km, Indonesia 1,782 km, Thailand 506 km
Coastline	4,675 km (Peninsular Malaysia 2,068 km, East Malaysia 2,607 km)
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation; specified boundary in the South China Sea
Climate	tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons
Terrain	coastal plains rising to hills and mountains
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m
Natural resources	tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, bauxite
Land use	arable land: 5.46% permanent crops: 17.54% other: 77% (2005)
Irrigated land	3,650 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources	580 cu km (1999)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)	total: 9.02 cu km/yr (17%/21%/62%) per capita: 356 cu m/yr (2000)
Natural hazards	flooding; landslides; forest fires
Environment - current issues	air pollution from industrial and vehicular emissions; water pollution from raw sewage; deforestation; smoke/haze from Indonesian forest fires
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note	strategic location along Strait of Malacca and southern South China Sea