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Geography of Laos. 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.
Laos, [d] officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), [e] is the sole landlocked country in Southeast Asia. At the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, Laos is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest. [12] Its capital and largest city is ...
Naf River - Myanmar, Bangladesh. Nagavalli River -India. Nakdong River - South Korea - Korea Strait. Nan River - Thailand. Narmada River - India (Gujarat) Nilwala River - Sri Lanka. Nizhnyaya Tunguska River (Lower Tunguska) - Russia. Ob - Russia (Siberia) - Gulf of Ob of the Arctic Ocean. Om - Russia.
The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia.It is the world's twelfth-longest river and the third-longest in Asia [1] with an estimated length of 4,909 km (3,050 mi) [1] and a drainage area of 795,000 km 2 (307,000 sq mi), discharging 475 km 3 (114 cu mi) of water annually. [2]
Rivers. Tigris, Euphrates, Greater Zab, Lesser Zab. The Tigris–Euphrates river system is a large river system in Western Asia that flows into the Persian Gulf. Its primary rivers are the Tigris and Euphrates, along with smaller tributaries. From their sources and upper courses in the Armenian Highlands of eastern Turkey, the rivers descend ...
Laos–Thailand border. Map of the Laos-Thailand border. The Laos–Thailand border is the international border between the territory of Laos and Thailand. The border is 1,845 km (1,146 mi) in length, over half of which follows the Mekong River, and runs from the tripoint with Myanmar in the north to tripoint with Cambodia in the south. [1]
The term Asia Pacific generally refers to a combination of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and islands in the Pacific Ocean – and most are also considered part of Australasia or Oceania. Asia contains the Indian subcontinent, Iranian Plateau, Arabian Peninsula, as well as a piece of the North American plate in Siberia.
An enlargeable topographic map of Laos. Geography of Laos. Laos is: a landlocked country; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia. Asia. South East Asia. Indochina; Time zone: ICT; Extreme points of Laos High: Phou Bia 2,817 m (9,242 ft) Low: Mekong 70 m (230 ft) Land boundaries: 5,083 km Vietnam 2,130 km Thailand 1,754 km ...