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Thailand's long mountainous border with Myanmar continues south from the north into western Thailand with the Tenasserim Hills, known in Thailand as Thio Khao Tanaosi (เทือกเขาตะนาวศรี). The geography of the western region of Thailand, like the north, is characterised by high mountains and steep river valleys.
During the Pleistocene ice ages, the Gulf of Thailand resembled its present geography, although sea levels did rise and extend more than 100 kilometers north of Bangkok, leaving behind the 20 meter thick Bangkok Clay in the Holocene. An alkaline basalt province erupted across northern Thailand and into Cambodia and Vietnam, leaving behind small ...
Thailand, [i] officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), [ii] is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, [8] it spans 513,115 square kilometres (198,115 sq mi). [9]
Thailand is variably divided into different sets of regions, the most notable of which are the six-region grouping used in geographic studies, and the four-region grouping consistent with the Monthon administrative regional grouping system formerly used by the Ministry of Interior. These regions are the largest subdivisions of the country.
Thailand geography stubs (6 C, 90 P) Pages in category "Geography of Thailand" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
An enlargeable topographic map of Thailand. Geography of Thailand. Thailand is: a country; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia. Asia. South East Asia. Indochina; Time zone: Indochina Time ICT; Extreme points of Thailand. High: Doi Inthanon 2,565 m (8,415 ft) Low: Gulf of Thailand and Andaman Sea 0 m; Land boundaries ...
The grouping of Thai provinces into regions follow two major systems in which Thailand is divided into either four or six regions.In the six-region system, commonly used in geographical studies, central Thailand extends from Sukhothai and Phitsanulok Provinces in the north to the provinces bordering the Gulf of Thailand in the south, excluding the mountainous provinces bordering Myanmar to the ...
Southern Thailand, Southern Siam or Tambralinga is a southernmost cultural region of Thailand, separated from Central Thailand region by the Kra Isthmus. Geography [ edit ]