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Thailand is a tropical country which is part of the Indochina peninsula. Thailand is bordered in the north by the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), in the east by Lao PDR and Cambodia, in the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and in the west by the Andaman Sea and the Union of Myanmar (Thailand Population 2013). The total land area is about 512,000 km2. The current population as of 2013 within the Kingdom of Thailand is about 69.52 million people, which is an approximate 6.2% increase from the population taken in the 2010 census (Thailand Population 2013). Every year in this beautiful country flooding in Bangkok is a critical issue which impacts the people of Thailand.
Thailand is composed of several geographic regions with four main zones:
The fertile central region dominated by the Chao Phraya river; the drought and flood-prone, poor, northeast plateau; the rugged northern region dominated by mountains and fertile valleys; and the southern peninsular region characterized by rain forest (Weightman 423).
Flooding has always been part of the natural environment of Thailand. Since historical times populations that live within the urban and rural floodplains have learned of ways to adapt and survive (Balancing 2). With the economic development of many areas within the floodplain regions over the later part of the last century many areas have become further susceptible to seasonal rains and flooding.
During seasons with heavier than usual monsoon rains the floodwaters which overwhelm the floodplains and drainage systems are flowing from the central regions of the country down through the lower region of the Chao Phraya River and through the heavily populated capital city of Bangkok and ...

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