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Our Country: Geography Cambodia is in South-East Asia, and shares borders with three countries - Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. It also has access to the sea in the Gulf of Thailand. In the centre of the country is a large plain or basin, which is surrounded by hill country to the south-west (the Cardamom and Elephant Mountains), to the North (the Dangrek Mountains) and to the East. The two main geographical features of the central plain are the Tonle Sap Lake and the Mekong River. The Mekong River flows through Cambodia on its way from the mountains of China to the Vietnam coast. The backwards river The Tonle Sap River connects the Tonle Sap lake with the Mekong River, but strangely, the water does not always flow the same way. In the wet season, there is so much water coming down the Mekong River that it forces water back up the Tonle Sap River to the lake. The water levels in the lake rise by 7 to 10 metres, and the lake spreads out over three times as much land as it usually covers. When the dry season comes, the Mekong River has less water in it, and the Tonle Sap river reverses, letting the water drain back out of the lake towards the sea. 
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