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The Kra Isthmus
Isthmus

File:The Spit Bruny Island.jpg File:IsthmusOfPanama.pngAn isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas. Of note, the Isthmus of Panama connects the continents of North America and South America , and the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt connects Africa and Asia ....
 is the narrow land bridge which connects the Malay Peninsula
Malay Peninsula

The Malay Peninsula or Thai-Malay Peninsula is a major peninsula located in Southeast Asia. It is also known as the Kra Peninsula and runs approximately north-south through the Kra Isthmus....
 with the mainland of Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
. The east part of the landbridge belongs to Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
, while the west part belongs to the Tanintharyi division of Myanmar
Myanmar

Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar, is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia, or Indochina. The country is bordered by the People's Republic of China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, and the Bay of Bengal to the southwest with...
. To the west of the Isthmus is the Andaman Sea
Andaman Sea

The Andaman Sea is a body of water to the southeast of the Bay of Bengal, south of Myanmar, west of Thailand and east of the Andaman Islands; it is part of the Indian Ocean....
, and to the east is the Gulf of Thailand
Gulf of Thailand

The Gulf of Thailand is a body of water that borders, but is not part of the South China Sea . The gulf is bordered by Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam....
.

The narrowest part between the estuary
Estuary

An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....
 of the Kra River and the bay of Sawi near the city Chumphon
Chumphon

Chumphon is a town in southern Thailand, capital of the Chumphon Province and the Amphoe Mueang Chumphon. The city is located about 463 kilometers away from Bangkok....
 has a width of 44 km, and has a maximum altitude of 75 m above sea level.






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The Kra Isthmus
Isthmus

File:The Spit Bruny Island.jpg File:IsthmusOfPanama.pngAn isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas. Of note, the Isthmus of Panama connects the continents of North America and South America , and the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt connects Africa and Asia ....
 is the narrow land bridge which connects the Malay Peninsula
Malay Peninsula

The Malay Peninsula or Thai-Malay Peninsula is a major peninsula located in Southeast Asia. It is also known as the Kra Peninsula and runs approximately north-south through the Kra Isthmus....
 with the mainland of Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
. The east part of the landbridge belongs to Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
, while the west part belongs to the Tanintharyi division of Myanmar
Myanmar

Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar, is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia, or Indochina. The country is bordered by the People's Republic of China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, and the Bay of Bengal to the southwest with...
. To the west of the Isthmus is the Andaman Sea
Andaman Sea

The Andaman Sea is a body of water to the southeast of the Bay of Bengal, south of Myanmar, west of Thailand and east of the Andaman Islands; it is part of the Indian Ocean....
, and to the east is the Gulf of Thailand
Gulf of Thailand

The Gulf of Thailand is a body of water that borders, but is not part of the South China Sea . The gulf is bordered by Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam....
.

The narrowest part between the estuary
Estuary

An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....
 of the Kra River and the bay of Sawi near the city Chumphon
Chumphon

Chumphon is a town in southern Thailand, capital of the Chumphon Province and the Amphoe Mueang Chumphon. The city is located about 463 kilometers away from Bangkok....
 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
Amphoe Kra Buri

Kra Buri is the northernmost district of Ranong Province, southern Thailand....
, in the Ranong province
Ranong Province

Ranong is one of the southern Provinces of Thailand of Thailand, at the shore to the Andaman Sea. It is the province with the fewest citizens....
 of Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
, 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
Phuket mountain range

The Phuket mountain range is a mountain range in Thailand.The highest elevation is Khao Lang Kha Tuk with an elevation of 1395 m. As the hills raise directly from the western coast there are no notable rivers west of the ridge....
, the northern part is the Tenasserim chain, which continues for 400 km until the Three Pagodas Pass
Three Pagodas Pass

Three Pagodas Pass is a pass on the Bilauktaung Mountains on the border between Thailand and Burma, at an altitude of 282 metres above sea level....
.

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
    Yoko Tsuno

    Yoko Tsuno is a comic book series created by the Belgium writer Roger Leloup published by Dupuis and in Spirou since its debut in 1970....
     graphic novel
    Graphic novel

    A graphic novel is a type of comic book, usually with a lengthy and complex storyline similar to those of novels. The term also encompasses comic short story anthologies, and in some cases bound collections of previously published comic book series ....
     Le Canon de Kra
    Le Canon de Kra

    Le Canon de Kra is the fifteenth book from Yoko Tsuno comic book series written by Roger Leloup and published in 1985. ...
    , the isthmus featured as the site for a large railway cannon.


See also

  • Malaccamax
    Malaccamax

    Malaccamax is a naval architecture term for the largest size of ship capable of fitting through the -deep Strait of Malacca. Because the Sunda Strait is even shallower at minimum depth, a post-Malaccamax ship would need to use even longer alternate routes such as:...
  • Isthmus of Panama
    Isthmus of Panama

    The Isthmus of Panama, also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien, is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North America and South America....
  • Nicaraguan Canal
  • Sunda Strait
    Sunda Strait

    The Sunda Strait is the strait between the Indonesian islands of Java island and Sumatra. It connects the Java Sea to the Indian Ocean. The name comes from the Indonesian term Pasundan, "West Java"....
  • Lombok Strait
    Lombok Strait

    The Lombok Strait is a strait connecting the Java Sea to the Indian Ocean, located between the islands of Bali and Lombok in Indonesia.Its narrowest point is at its southern opening, with a width of only 18 km, but at the northern opening it is 40 km across....
  • Makassar Strait
    Makassar Strait

    Makassar Strait is a strait between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi in Indonesia. To the north it joins the Celebes Sea, while to the south it meets the Java Sea....


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.