- Kra Isthmus
The Kra
Isthmus is the narrow landbridge which connects theMalay Peninsula with the mainland ofAsia . The east part of the landbridge belongs toThailand , the west part belongs to theTanintharyi division ofMyanmar . To the west of the Isthmus is theAndaman Sea , to the east is theGulf of Thailand .The narrowest part between the
estuary of theKra River and the bay of Sawi near the cityChumphon has a width of 44 km, and has a maximum altitude of 75 m above sea level. The Isthmus is named after the city Kra Buri, in theRanong province ofThailand , which is located at the west side of the narrowest part.The Isthmus of Kra marks the boundary between two parts of the central cordillera, the mountain chain which runs from Tibet through all of the Malay peninsula. The southern part is called the Phuket chain, the northern part is the Tenasserim chain, which continues for 400 km until the
Three Pagodas Pass .Kra Canal
The Thai Canal (formerly known as Kra Canal) is a proposed canal from the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea via southern Thailand.
In popular culture
*In the
Yoko Tsuno graphic novel "Le Canon de Kra ", the isthmus featured as the site for a largerailway cannon .ee also
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Malaccamax
*Isthmus of Panama
*Nicaraguan Canal
*Sunda Strait
*Lombok Strait
*Makassar Strait References
Further reading
* Abdullah MT. 2003. Biogeography and variation of "Cynopterus brachyotis" in Southeast Asia. PhD thesis. The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia.
* Corbet, GB, Hill JE. 1992. The mammals of the Indomalayan region: a systematic review. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
* Hall LS, Gordon G. Grigg, Craig Moritz, Besar Ketol, Isa Sait, Wahab Marni and M.T. Abdullah. 2004. Biogeography of fruit bats in Southeast Asia. Sarawak Museum Journal LX(81):191-284.
* Wilson DE, Reeder DM. 2005. Mammal species of the world. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC.
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