Geography of Cambodia

Cambodia is considered to be a large nation because of its total area. Its total land area is 181,035 km² (approx. 69,898 mi²). Continental shelf of Cambodia is approximately 62,515 km² (around 24,137 mi²). Cambodia is located in Asia. Asia is the world’s largest and most populous continent. Asian countries include, but are not limited to, Russia, China, Japan, Hong Kong, and North and South Korea. Cambodia has 3 neighbouring countries. Its neighbours include Laos, Thailand, Vietnam. Cambodia is not a landlocked country. It means that is is bordered by at least one major body of water. The average elevation range of Cambodia is 126 m (413 ft).

Neighbors

Total length of land borders of Cambodia is 2530 kilometers (~977 miles). Cambodia shares its land borders with 3 different countries, and has the same number of unique land boundaries to neigbouring territories. As in the case of Cambodia, if a country has the same number of unique neighboring territories as number of land borders, than that country has no non-contiguous sections of a land border. This is in contrast to several countries that have multiple non-contiguous sections of land borders. Cambodia has 3 neighbouring countries. Its neighbours include Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The lengths of the land borders of Cambodia with its neighbouring countries are as follows:

• Laos - 541 km (336 mi),
• Thailand - 803 km (499 mi),
• Vietnam - 1228 km (763 mi).

Cities

The capital city of Cambodia is Phnom Penh. The largest city in Cambodia is Phnom Penh.

Elevation

The average elevation range of Cambodia is 126 m (413 ft). The highest point of Cambodia is Phnom Aural, with its official height being 1810 m (5,939 ft). The lowest point of Cambodia is Gulf of Thailand. The elevation difference between the highest (Phnom Aural) and lowest (Gulf of Thailand) points of Cambodia is 1810 m (2 ft).

Area

The total land area of Cambodia is 181,035 km² (approx. 69,898 mi²). and the total exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is 62,515 km² (~24,137 mi²). The continental shelf of Cambodia is approximately 62,515 km² (around 24,137 mi²). Including land mass and EEZ, the total area of Cambodia is approximately 243,550 km² (~94,035 mi²). Cambodia is considered to be a large nation because of its total area.

Forest and arable land

93,350 km² of Cambodia's territory is covered in forests, and forest land comprises 52% of all the land in the country. There are 36,081 km² of arable land in Cambodia, and it comprises 20% of the country's total territory.

Read our section on climate to discover what parameters affect these and other biomes of the country.

Natural resources

The most notable natural resources found in Cambodia are oil, gas, timber, gemstones, iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential, arable land.