Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between
Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos

13 00 N, 105 00 E

Southeast Asia

total: 181,040 sq km
land: 176,520 sq km
water: 4,520 sq km

slightly smaller than Oklahoma

total: 2,572 km
border countries: Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km, Vietnam 1,228 km

443 km

contiguous zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season
(December to April); little seasonal temperature variation

mostly low, flat plains; mountains in southwest and north

lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point: Phnum Aoral 1,810 m

timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese,
phosphates, hydropower potential

arable land: 13%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 11%
forests and woodland: 66%
other: 10% (1993 est.)

920 sq km (1993 est.)

monsoonal rains (June to November); flooding;
occasional droughts

illegal logging activities throughout
the country and strip mining for gems in the western region along the
border with Thailand have resulted in habitat loss and declining
biodiversity (in particular, destruction of mangrove swamps threatens
natural fisheries); soil erosion; in rural areas, a majority of the
population does not have access to potable water; toxic waste delivery
from Taiwan sparked unrest in Kampong Saom (Sihanoukville) in December
1998

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered
Species, Marine Life Conservation, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 94,
Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping

a land of paddies and forests dominated by the
Mekong River and Tonle Sap