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Laos Köppen climate classification Climate data for Vientiane. Laos has a tropical climate, with a rainy season from May through October, a cool dry season from November through February, and a hot dry season in March and April. [2] Generally, monsoons occur at the same time across the country, while that time may vary from 1 year to the next. [2]
The Truong Son and Luang Prabang structures converge in northern Laos, bordered by northwest trending fault-bounded structures such as Phu Hoat Massif. The Song Ma Anticlinorium near Vietnam exposes Proterozoic basement rock at the surface. The Yunnan-Malay fold belt originated from closure of two sedimentary basins and is a prominent feature.
Natural features (consisting of physical and biological formations), geological and physiographical formations (including habitats of threatened species of animals and plants), and natural sites which are important from the point of view of science, conservation or natural beauty, are defined as natural heritage. [2] Laos, officially the Lao ...
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 ...
Much of Laos still retains its natural tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and some areas consist of secondary forests growing where timber has been extracted from the primary forest. In general, the upper parts of the canopy are dominated by the cauliflower-like crowns of tall dipterocarps with trunks devoid of branches.
Illegal logging is also a major problem. Environmental groups estimate that 500,000 cubic metres (18,000,000 cu ft) of logs are being cut by Vietnam People's Army (VPA) forces, and companies it owns, in co-operation with the Lao People's Army and then transported from Laos to Vietnam every year, with most of the furniture eventually exported to western countries by the VPA-owned companies.
Protected areas in Laos include: National parks. Dong Hua Sao National Park (99.8 km 2 reported area; 1004 km 2 GIS-calculated area) Hin Namno National Park (941.21 km 2)
The following is a list of ecoregions in Laos as identified by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). [1] [2] Terrestrial ecoregions. Laos is in the Indomalayan realm.