ផែនដីវិទ្យា

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[កែប្រែ] ផែន​ដី​វិទ្យា

ចំណង​ជើង​ចម្បង ៖ ផែន​ដី​វិទ្យារបស់​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា

ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​មាន​ផ្ទៃ​ដី ១៨១ ០៣៥ គីឡូម៉ែត​ការ៉េ ជាប់​ព្រំប្រទល់ប្រហែល ៨០០គ.ម ជាមួយ​ ប្រទេស​ថៃ នៅ​ខាង​ជើង​ភាគ​ខាង​លិច និង ជាប់​ព្រំប្រទល់ប្រហែល ៥៤១គ.ម ប្រទេស​ឡាវ នៅ​ទិស​ឦសាន និង ​ជាប់​ព្រំប្រទល់ប្រហែល ១២២៨គ.ម ជាមួយ ប្រទេស​វៀតណាម នៅ​ខាង​អាគ្នេយ៍ ។ វាមាន​ប្រហែល ៤៤៣គ.ម នៃ​ចម្ងាយ​ជួរ​ឈូង​សមុទ្រ​ ប្រទេស​ថៃ ។

The most distinctive geographical feature is the lacustrine plain formed by the inundations of the Tonle Sap (Great Lake), measuring about 2,590 square kilometers during the dry season and expanding to about 24,605 square kilometers during the rainy season. This densely populated plain, which is devoted to wet rice cultivation, is the heartland of Cambodia. Most (about 75 percent) of the country lies at elevations of less than 100 meters above sea level, the exceptions being the Cardamom Mountains (highest elevation 1,813 meters) and their southeast extension the Dâmrei Mountains ("Elephant Mountains") (elevation range 500-1,000 meters), as well the steep escarpment of the Dângrêk Mountains (average elevation 500 meters) along the border with Thailand's Isan region. The highest elevation of Cambodia is Phnom Aoral, near Pursat in the center of the country, at 1,813 meters (5,948 feet) above sea-level.

Temperatures range from 10°C to 38°C and Cambodia experiences tropical monsoons. Southwest monsoons blowing inland bring moisture-laden winds from the Gulf of Thailand and Indian Ocean from May to October, and the country experiences the heaviest precipitation from September to October. The northeast monsoon ushers in the dry season, which lasts from November to March, with the driest period from January to February.