MAP AND GEOGRAPHY OF SABAH

Located in the northeast of the island of Borneo, Sabah is slightly smaller than its sister neighboring Sarawak bordering the southwest. Between them lies the small Sultanate of Brunei. Sabah is bounded on the south by the province of East Kalimantan belongs to Indonesia. Northwest and north, Sabah surrounding the South Sea of China and the northeast and east the Sulu and Celebes Seas respectively.

Sabah's surface is 76.115 km ²

Sabah is generally mountainous Crocker chain dominated the state with peaks ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 meters. The highest mountain is Mount Kinabalu alte, of 4,095 meters which makes it the highest mountain in Southeast Asia (record discussed by the nearby island of New Guinea which alleges that the highest peak in Southeast Asia is the Punco Jaya). The ridge is crossed by a series of river valleys covered by dense vegetation wet. Three quarters of the population lives on coastal plains.

FLORA AND FAUNA

Kinabalu forests are the richest in the world with an estimated of 5,000 kinds of plants excluding mosses, lichens and fungi. Orchids grow in abundance with measures ranging from pinhead to two meters. The world's largest plant with funnel-shaped in these jungles, including insect-eating Rajah Brooke that can store up to 3.5 liters of water. There are plenty of insects that provide food to over 300 species of birds and in mammals, Sabah is home of the famous orangutan.

WEATHER

The Sabah has an equatorial climate. The temperatures rarely exceed 32 º C except in the hottest days of coastal areas, or fall night 20 ° C. Nevertheless, in the interior and higher elevation heights nights can become cool. The relative humidity usually round to the 85/95 percent.

The rain is normal throughout the year and varies between 150 and 450 cm per year. In most parts of Sabah wet periods occur during the northeast monsoon between October and February and the dry periods occur during the southwest monsoon from March to September.

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