Ko Kut is located on the east coast of Thailand near the border with Cambodia. A few kilometers north is the island of Ko Chang. The distance to the mainland by speedboat is about an hour. Ko Kut is at 113.5

Square kilometers of a medium-sized island, forested and slightly hilly

(highest point 315 meters), with some sleepy fishing villages and

Coconut plantations. Since there is only a limited infrastructure here,

the island is not yet so crowded with tourists as the neighboring one

Ko Chang Island. There are only a few small resorts, mostly from Thai ones

Tourists who prefer a quiet, family atmosphere are visited.

Around 2,000 inhabitants live on Ko Kut, which is why the island is part of the district

the lowest population density of Thailand. Economic factors are

fishing, coconut and rubber tree cultivation as well as a very

low proportion of tourism.

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Ulrike

December 25, 2019

The Gulf of Thailand is a fringe of the Pacific Ocean that

in the west and north of the about

2600 kilometers of coastline in Thailand, southwest of Malaysia

as well as in the east of Cambodia and

Vietnam is enclosed. In the south

it borders South China

Sea. The Gulf separates the eastern Indochinese from the Malay

Peninsula in the west. The coastline runs from Cape Bai Bung in Vietnam

in the east to the east bank of the mouth of the Sungai Kelantan in Kota Bahru

(Malaysia) in the southwest. In the south, the Gulf of Thailand merges with the South China Sea and has an extension of approximately 750 km ×

570 kilometers, with an area of around 320,000 km². The average

The depth of the gulf is only about 45 meters, the deepest point is 80 meters.

The current within the Gulf is very slow, which leads to strong sedimentation (sedimentation, "sediment") and, in combination with the strong

Inflow of fresh water, a relatively low salt content of the

Sea water leads (Pacific: 3.45%). Only at greater depths does salt-rich water flow from the South China Sea into the Gulf and collect in

Depths below 50 meters. The warm water of this tropical sea favored the formation of coral reefs in many places. But also in the Gulf of

Thailand's reefs are threatened by global warming and excessive water temperatures. The coral bleach spreads and endangers the

Tourism as well as fishing. The coasts of the mainland line many

Islands such as Ko Samui, Kaoh Kong or Phu Quoc.

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