MALAYSIA
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Borders: Indonesia | Thailand | Philippines | Brunei
Main facts about the geography of Malaysia
- There are two separate parts to Malaysia, with the South China Sea in between them
- The first part is located to the West on a peninsula off the mainland of Southeast Asia, sandwiched in between Thailand and Singapore
- The second part is located to the East, on the island of Borneo, which it shares with
- Indonesia and Brunei
- Most of the population lives in the Western, peninsular portion
- Malaysia is covered in tropical rain forests
- Experiences monsoons and flooding