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The Kra Isthmus marks the boundary between two sections of the mountain chain which runs from Tibet through the Malay peninsula. The southern part is the Phuket Range , which is a continuation of the Tenasserim Hills , extending further northwards for over 400 km (250 mi) beyond the Three Pagodas Pass .
The width of the Kra Isthmus at its minimum is only 44 km (27 mi), but the height of the intervening hills is 75 m (246 ft). The Panama Canal has a length of 77 km (48 mi), but highest point at the Culebra Cut was only 64 m (210 ft). The Panama Canal passes this point at a height of 12 m (39 ft) (canal bottom) and 26 m (85 ft) (water line ...
The Phuket Range is a continuation of the greater Tenasserim range, forming one of the southern sections of the central Indo-Malay cordillera, the mountain chain which runs from Tibet through the Malay Peninsula extending southwards for over 200 km. [1] The Nakhon Si Thammarat Range begins 60 km to the east of the southern part of the Phuket Range.
This list of isthmuses is an appendix to the article isthmus.The list is sorted by the region of the world in which the isthmus is located. An isthmus (/ ˈ ɪ s θ m ə s / or / ˈ ɪ s m ə s /; plural: isthmuses, or occasionally isthmi; from Ancient Greek: ἰσθμός, romanized: isthmos, lit.
The proposed 100-kilometer bridge that would cut across the Kra Isthmus, the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula, would connect the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean without requiring ships to ...
The Tenasserim Hills are part of a long granite mountain ridge that is older than the Himalayas. [6] Further south from the 16th parallel, the Shan Hills break up into narrow steep-sided ranges, the Dawna Range in the west and, parallel to it at the southern end, the peninsular Tenasserim Mountains that extend southwards along the Kra Isthmus.
The Kra Isthmus — on the upper Malay Peninsula in Thailand and southern Myanmar. Pages in category "Kra Isthmus" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of ...
Scientists discovered the colorful animal in a forest of Thailand.