Geography Of Cambodia

Location	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos
Geographic coordinates	13 00 N, 105 00 E
Map references	southeast_asia
Area	total: 181,040 sq km land: 176,520 sq km water: 4,520 sq km
Area comparative	slightly smaller than Oklahoma
Land boundaries	total: 2,572 km border countries: Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km, Vietnam 1,228 km
Coastline	443 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: 200 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate	tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation
Terrain	mostly low, flat plains; mountains in southwest and north
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m highest point: Phnum Aoral 1,810 m
Natural resources	oil and gas, timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential
Land use	arable land: 20.96% permanent crops: 0.61% other: 78.43% (2001)
Irrigated land	2,700 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	monsoonal rains (June to November); flooding; occasional droughts
Environment - current issues	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, most of the population does not have access to potable water; declining fish stocks because of illegal fishing and overfishing
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea
Geography note	a land of paddies and forests dominated by the Mekong River and Tonle Sap

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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