Total: 5,274 km (3,277 mi) Vietnam: 2,161 km (1,343 mi) Thailand: 1,845 km (1,146 mi) Cambodia: 555 km (345 mi) China: 475 km (295 mi) Myanmar: 238 km (148 mi)
Highest point
Phou Bia 2,817 m (9,242 ft)
Lowest point
Mekong 70 m (230 ft)
Longest river
Mekong River 1,835 km (1,140 mi)
Largest lake
Nam Ngum Lake 370 km2 (140 sq mi)
Climate
Mostly tropical
Terrain
High mountains, and an upland plateau
Natural hazards
Droughts, soil erosion
Laos is a country in and the only landlocked nation in mainland Southeast Asia, northeast of Thailand and west of Vietnam. It covers approximately 236,800 square kilometers in the center of the Southeast Asian peninsula and it is surrounded by Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, the People's Republic of China, Thailand, and Vietnam.
About seventy percent of its geographic area is made up of mountain ranges, highlands, plateaux, and rivers cut through. Historically, its location has often made it a buffer state between more powerful neighboring states, particularly for the ancestral rulers of the modern-day Burmese, Vietnamese and Thais, as well as a crossroads for trade and communication.[1]
Laos is a country in and the only landlocked nation in mainland Southeast Asia, northeast of Thailand and west of Vietnam. It covers approximately 236...
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Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is divided into 17 provinces (Lao ແຂວງ, pronounced [kʰwɛ̌ːŋ], khoeng, qwang or khoueng) and one...
into districts (muang) and then subdivided into villages (baan). GeographyofLaos "Nsc Lao Pdr". Nsc.gov.la. Archived from the original on 23 January...
Khamsavath and Thanaleng, both of which are connected to Thailand's railway system. Due to the mountainous geographyofLaos, the country had no substantial...
Area Xekhampo-Boloven Plateau Hunting Reserve GeographyofLaos National parks and nature reserves in Laos World Database on Protected Areas Lao People’s...
Evidence of modern human presence in the northern and central highlands of Indochina, which constitute the territories of the modern Laotian nation-state...
French protectorate ofLaos (French: Protectorat français du Laos) was a French protectorate in Southeast Asia of what is today Laos between 1893 and 1953—with...
The Laotian Civil War (1959–1975) was a civil war in Laos waged between the Communist Pathet Lao and the Royal Lao Government from 23 May 1959 to 2 December...
influence of Indian and Chinese civilizations on the area. The term was later adopted as the name of the colony of French Indochina (today's Cambodia, Laos, and...
wildlife ofLaos encompasses the animals and plants found in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, a landlocked country in southeastern Asia. Part of the country...
Lao culture is considered one of the Indic cultures (along with Burma, Thailand and Cambodia). Laos is geographically isolated and mountainous, bounded...
This article concerns the systems of transportation in Laos. Laos is a country in Asia, which possesses a number of modern transportation systems, including...
(secondary coordinates) Provinces ofLaos Districts ofLaos "Laos - Largest Cities". GeoNames.org. Media related to Cities in Laos at Wikimedia Commons...
provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography: Geography – study of Earth and its people. an academic discipline – a body of knowledge given to...
mountainous terrain (see GeographyofLaos). Rice is primarily produced in the country’s lowland areas, with only approximately 11% of production taking place...
together the six Asian countries of Cambodia, China (specifically Yunnan Province and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region), Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand...
zone of 417,663 km2 (161,261 sq mi) with 200 nautical miles (370.4 km; 230.2 mi). The boundary with Laos was settled on both an ethnic and geographical basis...
Bank of the Lao P.D.R., central bank. Lao Securities Exchange. Economy ofLaos List of airlines ofLaos List of banks in Laos "ABOUT LAOS: GEOGRAPHY". Asia...
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