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| Mount Kinabalu |
The Peninsular Malaysia consists essentially of an east and west coastal plain with the central mountain ranges running roughly north to south. These ranges attain 2134 meter in places, the highest peak, Gunung Tahan, being 2190 meter. The state of Sabah and Sarawak consist in general of an alluvial coastal plain. There are more hilly rollins country further inland and of mountain ranges in the interior. In Sabah, the central muntain ranges rise more abruptly from the west coast with Malaysia’s highest peak, Mount Kinabalu (4100 meter).
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| Malaysia Borneo jungle |
Malaysia is situated in central South-East Asia, bordering Thailand in the north, with Singapore to the south and Indonesia to the south and west. It is composed of Peninsular Malaysia and the
states of Sabah and Sarawak on the north coast of the island of Borneo,
650 to 950km (404 to 600 miles) across the South China Sea. Peninsular
Malaysia is an area of forested mountain ranges running north-south, on
either side of which are low-lying coastal plains. The coastline extends
some 1,900km (1,200 miles).
The west coast consists of mangrove swamps and mudflats which
separate into bays and inlets. In the west, the plains have been cleared
and cultivated, while the unsheltered east coast consists of tranquil
beaches backed by dense jungle. The major islands are Langkawi (a group
of 99 islands), Penang and Pangkor off the west coast; and Tioman, Redang, Kapas, Perhentian
and Rawa off the east coast. In Malaysian Borneo, Sarawak has alluvial
and, in places, swampy coastal plains with rivers penetrating the
jungle-covered hills and mountains of the interior. Sabah has a narrow
coastal plain which gives way to mountains and jungle.
