Puket [1] ( Thai ทิว เขา ภูเก็ต , Thio Khao Phuket , tʰiw kʰǎw pʰuː.kèt ) is a mountain range on the Malacca Peninsula , in Thailand .
| Phuket | |
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| thai ทิว เขา ภูเก็ต | |
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| Specifications | |
| Length | 250 km |
| Width | |
| Highest point | |
| Highest peak | 1465 |
| Absolute height | |
| Location | |
| A country |
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The length of the ridge is about 250 km. The maximum elevation is 1465 m. The mountains are composed of granites , gneisses , crystalline schists and limestones . The ridge is deeply dissected and in some places breaks up into separate massifs. Evergreen rainforests grow on the slopes.
Sources
- Phuket (mountains) - an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia . .
Notes
- ↑ Atlas of the world. Asia (foreign countries). M., GUGK, 1984