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<title>
Cambodia: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Cambodia
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Southeast Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand,
between Thailand and Vietnam
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 181,040 km2</l>
<l> land area: 176,520 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly smaller than Oklahoma</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 2,572 km, Laos 541 km, Thailand 803 km,
Vietnam 1,228 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 443 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> contiguous zone: 24 nm</l>
<l> continental shelf: 200 nm</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: offshore islands and three sections of
the boundary with Vietnam are in dispute; maritime boundary with
Vietnam not defined
</p>
<p>Climate: tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to October); dry
season (December to March); little seasonal temperature
variation
</p>
<p>Terrain: mostly low, flat plains; mountains in southwest and
north
</p>
<p>Natural resources: timber, gemstones, some iron ore,
manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 16%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 1%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 3%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 76%</l>
<l> other: 4%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 920 km2 (1989 est.)
</p>
<p>Environment: a land of paddies and forests dominated by Mekong
River and Tonle Sap
</p>
<p>Note: buffer between Thailand and Vietnam
</p></body></article></text>