Ideally located at the southeastern part of Asia, Singapore is one of the most beautiful and heavily urbanized nations of the world. Located between Malaysia and Indonesia, Singapore is blessed with a vast coastline of 193 Km. The terrain and topography of Singapore happens to be a major attraction for the tourists coming from all round the corner. Our site focussingapore offers detailed information about the terrain and topography of Singapore.

The entire territory of Singapore consists of the island of Singapore and other fifty-eight islets. Most of the islands are located near about fifteen meters above the sea level.

The center of the island is formed of igneous rocks and comprises of rounded hills, gentle spurs and valleys. Bukit Timah, Bukit Gombak, Bukit Panjang and Bukit Batok are some of the major peaks of the region. The sedimentary rocks in the western and the southwestern part of the island have formed a series of narrow ridges.

A large number of small streams flow through Singapore. Sungei Selerae, fifteen kilometers long is the largest stream of the nation. There was a time when dense lowland tropical rainforest covered a large portion of Singapore and was a home to a wide variety of animals like tigers, wild boars and musangs. With the advent of human settlement in different parts of the country the forests began to disappear due to the practice of large-scale deforestation.

The Singapore beaches houses a wide flora of grasses, sedges, creepers and trees. Singapore boasts of a wide variety of species of animals and a major tourist attraction of the region. Singapore houses near about 80 species of mammals, more than 300 species of birds, around 60 species of birds and a wide variety of reptiles and amphibians. The natural reserves of the land are habitats for a wide variety of animals. In order to collect more information on geography of Singapore log on to our site focussingapore.

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