(1990) Highways: 36,700 km total (1990) Highways: 189,000 km total; 12,600 km paved, 23,000 km total; all 1.067-meter gauge; 260 km electrified and 100 km crushed stone or gravel, 575 km graded earth Pipelines: crude oil 2,850 km, refined products 53 km Ports: Tanjong Kidurong, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Pasir Gudang, Penang, Port Kelang, Sandakan, Tawau Merchant marine: 2 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 35,832 GRT/53,037 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 5 container, 17 bulk, 1 oil tanker Airports: total: 1 useable: 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 16 with runways over 3,659 m: 0 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 21 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 8 Telecommunications: poorly supplied with water. Land use: arable land: 7% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 22% other: 13% Irrigated land: 320 km2 land area: 620 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: subject to destructive earthquakes and volcanic activity; deforestation; soil erosion Note: strategic location along the river, in what to
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