Everything about Kra Isthmus totally explained
The
Kra Isthmus is the narrow landbridge which connects the
Malay Peninsula with the mainland of
Asia. The east part of the landbridge belongs to
Thailand, the west part belongs to the
Tanintharyi division of
Myanmar. To the west of the Isthmus is the
Andaman Sea, to the east is the
Gulf of Thailand.
The narrowest part between the
estuary of the
Kra River and the bay of Sawi near the city
Chumphon 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 the
Ranong province of
Thailand, 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
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