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Geography of Vietnam. Vietnam is located on the eastern margin of the Indochinese peninsula and occupies about 331,211.6 square kilometres (127,881.5 sq mi), of which about 25% was under cultivation in 1987. It borders the Gulf of Tonkin, Gulf of Thailand, and Pacific Ocean, along with China, Laos, and Cambodia.
The coastline paradox states that a coastline does not have a well-defined length. Measurements of the length of a coastline behave like a fractal, being different at different scale intervals (distance between points on the coastline at which measurements are taken). The smaller the scale interval (meaning the more detailed the measurement ...
The combined length of the country's land boundaries is 4,639 km (2,883 mi), and its coastline is 3,444 km (2,140 mi) long. [176] At its narrowest point in the central Quảng Bình province, the country is as little as 50 kilometres (31 mi) across, though it widens to around 600 kilometres (370 mi) in the north. [177]
Total length of land borders (km) Total surface area (km 2) Border/area ratio (km/km 2) Vatican City 3.2 0.44 7.2727273 Monaco 4.4 2 2.2000000 San Marino 39 61 0.6393443 Liechtenstein 76 160 0.4650000 Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 10.2 34 0.3000000 Andorra 120.3 468 0.2570513 Gibraltar (United Kingdom) 1.2 6 0.2000000 Saint Martin (France) 10.2 54
Vietnam has the 33rd longest coastline of 3,260 km (2,030 mi). [3] It includes much of the western area of the South China Sea and parts of the southern area bordering Malaysia and Brunei's EEZs. The total land area, including inland bodies of water, of Vietnam is 331,212 km 2 (127,882 sq mi). [n 1] Vietnam has dozens of islands.
The length of each border is included, as is the total length of each country's or territory's borders. ... Vietnam: 1,228 km (763 mi) ... Coastline paradox; Notes
Da Nang Bay. Da Nang Bay (Vietnamese: Vịnh Đà Nẵng), formerly known as Tourane Bay, is a bay of the South China Sea along the coast of Da Nang, Vietnam. The bay is entered between the Sơn Trà Peninsula and the Hải Vân Mountain, 4 miles Northwest. [1][2] The bay has an area of 116 square kilometres (45 sq mi), a coastline of 46 ...
Vietnam – sovereign country located on the eastern extent of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia. [1] It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east. With a population of over 98 million, Vietnam is the 15th most populous country in the world.