The Geography of Singapore

• Singapore Infomap
• Location: Southeastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia
• Geographic coordinates: 1 22 N, 103 48 E
• Map references: Southeast Asia
• Area:
  • total: 647.5 sq km
  • land: 637.5 sq km
  • water: 10 sq km
• Area -- comparative: slightly more than 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC
• Land boundaries: 0 km
• Coastline: 193 km
• Maritime claims
  • exclusive fishing zone: within and beyond territorial sea, as defined in treaties and practice
• territorial sea: 3 km

Climate and Terrain

• Descriptions of Climate, Terrain, Land- and Cityscape in Singaporean Literature
• Climate: tropical; hot, humid, rainy; no pronounced rainy or dry seasons; thunderstorms occur on 40% of all days (67% of days in April)
• Terrain: lowland; gently undulating central plateau contains water catchment area and nature preserve
• Elevation extremes:
  • lowest point: Singapore Strait 0 m
  • highest point: Bukit Timah 166 m

Land use:

• Arable land: 2%
• Permanent crops: 6%
• Permanent pastures: NA%
• Forests and woodland: 5%
• Other: 87% (1993 est.)
• Irrigated land: NA sq km
• Natural resources: fish, deepwater ports

Environment

• Current issues: industrial pollution; limited natural fresh water resources; limited land availability presents waste disposal problems
• International agreements:
  • Party to Biodiversity, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution
  • Signed, but not ratified: Climate Change
• Related web resources: Singapore Government Ministry of the Environment
• geography.com.sg, a web portal on geography for Singapore student