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<text>
<title>
Laos: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Laos
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Southeast Asia, between Vietnam and Thailand
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 236,800 km2</l>
<l> land area: 230,800 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly larger than Utah</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 5,083 km, Burma 235 km, Cambodia 541 km,
China 423 km, Thailand 1,754 km, Vietnam 2,130 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
</p>
<p>Maritime claims: none; landlocked
</p>
<p>International disputes: boundary dispute with Thailand
</p>
<p>Climate: tropical monsoon; rainy season (May to November); dry
season (December to April)
</p>
<p>Terrain: mostly rugged mountains; some plains and plateaus
</p>
<p>Natural resources: timber, hydropower, gypsum, tin, gold,
gemstones
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 4%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 3%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 58%</l>
<l> other: 35%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 1,200 km2 (1989 est.)
</p>
<p>Environment: deforestation; soil erosion; subject to floods
</p>
<p>Note: landlocked
</p></body></article></text>