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The geography of the region is characterised by short mountain ranges alternating with small basins of short rivers which drain into the Gulf of Thailand. Fruit is a major component of agriculture in the area, and tourism plays a strong part in the economy.
Cuspate foreland – Geographical features found on coastlines and lakeshores; Cut bank – Outside bank of a water channel, which is continually undergoing erosion; Dale – Low area between hills, often with a river running through it; Defile – Narrow pass or gorge between mountains or hills; Dell – Small secluded hollow
The geology of Thailand includes deep crystalline metamorphic basement rocks, overlain by extensive sandstone, limestone, turbidites and some volcanic rocks. The region experienced complicated tectonics during the Paleozoic , long-running shallow water conditions and then renewed uplift and erosion in the past several million years ago.
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.
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 ...
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Even though the area was taken over by the Burmese Toungoo dynasty in the 16th century and incorporated into Thailand in the 20th century, people of the Lanna civilization still preserve their cultural practices. The nomination covers the city of Chiang Mai and the surrounding area that prominently features numerous Buddhist temples. [16]
Thailand is a middle power in global affairs and a founding member of ASEAN. It has the second-largest economy in Southeast Asia and the 23rd-largest in the world by PPP, and it ranks 29th by nominal GPD. Thailand is classified as a newly industrialised economy, with manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism as leading sectors. [13] [14]