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 Laos Geography

Laos is completely surrounded by its neighbors, and sharing its borders with China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. It has been uneasy access to international trade over the centuries. It was more heavily suffer specially during the Vietnam War due to its location and unsettle of its own revolution. On other hand, Laos today with its location at the heart of Southeast Asia, has provided opportunity to capitalize on its strategic location for major trading routes in the region.

There is more of the great location, especially lot of mountains and major parts of the country are covered with forest which provides best for hydroelectric dams, estimated to be more than 46 dams can be built and presently there are more than 20 dams in the planning stages throughout the country. With all such projects being planned so it is believed that Laos may become an energy source for the region once these projects are finished.

The great Mekong, the twelfth longest river in the world, flows through the country that provides fertile valley for agriculture, with the fish that-along with rice - is a main diet of Lao. The terrain in the north is marked steep, jagged mountain slopes, while in the south profit from the fertile plains such as the Pakson Bolaven Plateau where most of famous coffee is grown.