Climate+and+Geographical+Factors

 -     Tropical, high in temperature and humidity  -     Dominated by monsoons (a wind system that influences large climatic regions and reverses direction seasonally)  o   Rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September)  o   Dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March)  o   Excellent conditions for growing rice (when the fields are flooded because the rice roots easily extract needed nutrients from the water)  -     Coordinates: 15 00 N, 100 00 E     -     Three main geographical features  o   High mountains  o   Upland plateau  o   Central plain  -     Lowest point  o   //Gulf of Thailand// at 0m  -     Highest Point  o   //Doi Inthanon// at 2565m
 * Thailand Climate and Geographical Factors **
 * Climate**
 * Geographical Factors **

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