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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.
Luộc River. Cà Lồ River. Đuống River. Cấm River (Vietnam) Kinh Môn River. Kinh Thầy River. Đáy River. Hoàng Long River. Bạch Đằng River.
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 ...
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.
Coordinates: 17°45′25″N 106°25′10″E. Gianh River. The Gianh River (Vietnamese: Sông Gianh) is a river in the Quảng Bình Province of Vietnam 's North Central Coast (Bắc Trung Bộ). The river is 268 kilometres (167 mi) in length. It was the border between ruling families during the partition of Vietnam following the Trịnh ...
The Mekong Delta (Vietnamese: Đồng bằng Sông Cửu Long, lit. 'Nine Dragon River Delta' or simply Đồng Bằng Sông Mê Kông, 'Mekong River Delta'), also known as the Western Region (Vietnamese: Miền Tây) or South-western region (Vietnamese: Tây Nam Bộ), is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of ...
The Đồng Nai River (Vietnamese: sông Đồng Nailisten ⓘ) is a river in Vietnam that originates in the Central Highlands region of the southern portion of the country. It is approximately 586 km in length, [ 1 ] making it the longest river to be entirely located in Vietnam. It gives its name to Đồng Nai Province.
The reddish-brown heavily silt-laden water gives the river its name. The Red River is notorious for its violent floods with its seasonally wide volume fluctuations. Intense seasonal floods are made worse by erosion, development, and pollution. The delta is a major agricultural area of Vietnam with vast area devoted to rice.