The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is the biggest sea by size. It is bounded in the north by the shores of South China, in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan.
The Isthmus of Kra is located in the Malay Peninsula. It lies between the Ranong and Chumphon provinces of Southern Thailand. It is bordered by the Gulf of Thailand in the east and the Andaman Sea in the west.
Faulted Mountains is a feature of continent-continent convergence. Mid-oceanic ridges, Fissure volcanoes and rift valleys are a result of divergent plate boundaries.