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Geography
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
2 30 N, 112 30 E
Area: 
total: 329,847 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
66
land: 328,657 sq km
water: 1,190 sq km
slightly larger than New Mexico
total: 2,669 km
border countries: Brunei 381 km, Indonesia 1,782 km, Thailand 506 km
4,675 km (Peninsular Malaysia 2,068 km, East Malaysia 2,607 km)
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
Current Weather
tropical; annual southwest (April to October) and northeast (October to February) monsoons
coastal plains rising to hills and mountains
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Gunung Kinabalu 4,100 m
tin, petroleum, timber, copper, iron ore, natural gas, bauxite
arable land: 5.46%
permanent crops: 17.54%
other: 77% (2005)
3,650 sq km (2003)
580 cu km (1999)
total: 9.02 cu km/yr (17%/21%/62%)
per capita: 356 cu m/yr (2000)
flooding; landslides; forest fires
air pollution from industrial and vehicular emissions; water pollution from raw sewage; deforestation; smoke/haze from Indonesian forest fires
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
strategic location along Strait of Malacca and southern South China Sea
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