‘India keen to boost ties with Cambodia’

Subject : Geography

Section: Place in news

Concept :

The President of India has held that India is keen to further elevate its defence relations with Cambodia besides increasing tourism and people-to-people contacts.
While welcoming the King of Cambodia, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President of India has added that there is great potential for further growth in trade and investment between India and Cambodia.
India is keen to further boost its defence relations with the Southeast Asian country.
The President further said that the visit of the King of Cambodia to India demonstrates the importance that Cambodia attaches to its ties with India as the two countries share a rich and vibrant relationship.

About Cambodia

Cambodia lies entirely within the tropics, between latitudes 10° and 15°N, and longitudes 102° and 108°E.
It borders Thailand to the north and west, Laos to the northeast, and Vietnam to the east and southeast.
The country is situated in its entirety inside the tropical Indomalayan realm and the Indochina Time zone (ICT).
It has a 443-kilometer coastline along the Gulf of Thailand.
Cambodia’s landscape is characterized by a low-lying central plain that is surrounded by uplands and low mountains and includes the Tonle Sap (Great Lake) and the upper reaches of the Mekong River delta.
Cambodia’s main geographical features are the low-lying Central Plain that includes the Tonlé Sap basin, the lower Mekong River flood-plains and the Bassac River plain surrounded by mountain ranges to the north, east, in south-west and south.
The landmass is bisected by the Mekong River, which is the longest river in Cambodia. In 1997, it was successfully nominated as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
The majority of the country lies within the Tropical savanna climate zone, as the coastal areas in the South and West receive noticeably more and steady rain before and during the wet season.