Malaysia

Malay Peninsula

The long, narrow, and rugged ________ extends to the south and southwest from Myanmar and Thailand.

Streams

________ flow year- round because of the constant rains, but the volume of water transported fluctuates with the localized and torrential nature of the rainfall.

Kuala Lumpur

The Malaysian capital, ________, lies in the western part of the peninsula, about 25 miles (40 km) from the coast; the administrative centre, Putrajaya, is located about 16 miles (25 km) south of the capital.dfd.

Kalimantan

The coastline of 1, 400 miles (2, 250 km) is paralleled inland by a 900- mile (l, 450- km) boundary with ________.

Peninsular Malaysia

________ is dominated by its mountainous core, which consists of a number of roughly parallel mountain ranges aligned north- south.

Karst

________ landscapes- limestone hills with characteristically steep whitish gray sides, stunted vegetation, caves created by the dissolving action of water, and subterranean passages- are distinctive landmarks in central and northern Peninsular Malaysia.

Malaysia

Although ________ has an equatorial climate, the narrowness and topographic configuration of each portion- central mountainous cores with flat, flanking coastal plains- facilitate the inland penetration of maritime climatic influences.

northeast monsoon

The ________ brings heavy rain and rough seas to the exposed coasts of southwestern Sarawak and northern and northeastern Sabah, and it sometimes causes flooding in the eastern part of the peninsula.

Any organic matter

________ is rapidly oxidized when exposed to weathering, and the soils consequently become even poorer.

East Malaysia

________ is an elongated strip of land approximately 700 miles (1, 125 km) long with a maximum width of about 170 miles (275 km)

southwest monsoon

The ________ affects mainly the southwestern coastal belt of Sabah, where flooding is common.

Soil erosion

________ is always a danger on sloping ground, where such preventive measures as building contour embankments or planting protective cover crops are required.

Soils

________ typically are strongly acidic and coarse- textured and have low amounts of organic matter.

Singapore

In August 1965 ________ seceded from the federation and became an independent republic.

half of Peninsular Malaysia

About ________ is covered by granite and other igneous rocks, one- third is covered by stratified rocks older than the granite, and the remainder is covered by alluvium.

Peninsular Malaysia

________ is drained by an intricate system of rivers and streams.

East Malaysia

________ consists of the countrys two largest states, Sarawak and Sabah, and is separated from Peninsular Malaysia by some 400 miles (640 km) of the South China Sea.

Malaysia

When it was established on September 16, 1963, ________ comprised the territories of Malaya (now Peninsular Malaysia), the island of Singapore, and the colonies of Sarawak and Sabah in northern Borneo.

Peninsular Malaysia

As in ________, the drainage pattern of East Malaysia is set by the interior highlands, which also form the watershed between Malaysia and Indonesia.

Malaysia, country of Southeast Asia, lying just north of the Equator, that is composed of two noncontiguous regions

Peninsular Malaysia (Semenanjung Malaysia), also called West Malaysia (Malaysia Barat), which is on the Malay Peninsula, and East Malaysia (Malaysia Timur), which is on the island of Borneo