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:
   contiguous zone: 24 nm
   continental shelf: 200 nm
   exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
   territorial sea: 12 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: timber, gemstones, some iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential

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

Irrigated land: 920 sq km (1993 est.)

Natural hazards: monsoonal rains (June to November); flooding; occasional droughts

Environment—international agreements:
   Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Marine Life Conservation, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 94
   Signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping
   Geography—note: a land of paddies and forests dominated by the Mekong River and Tonle Sap