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Vietnam borders
Cambodia, Laos and China and stretches over 1,600km
along the eastern coast of the Indochinese Peninsula.
The countrys two main cultivated areas are the
Red River Delta (15,000 sq kin) in the north and
the Mekong Delta (60,000 sq kin) in the south.
Three-quarters of the country is mountainous and
hilly; the highest peak is the 3,143m high Fansipan
in north-west Vietnam.
Vietnam has five national parks:
Cat Ba, Ba Be Lake and Cuc Phuong national parks
in the north; Bach Ma National Park in the centre;
arid Nam Cat Tien National Park in Lam Dong Province
in the south, a short distance from Da Lat. In
an attempt to prevent an ecological and hydrological
catastrophe, the government has plans to set aside
tens of thousands of sq km of forest and to create
87 national parks and nature reserves.
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Vietnam is made up of equatorial lowlands,
high temperate plateaus like those found in Dalat, alpine
peaks, and miles of beautiful white sandy beaches. Although
Vietnam’s wildlife is rich, it is in precipitous
decline because of the destruction of habitats and illegal
hunting. Less than 20% of the country remains forested,
and what remains is under threat from slash and burn
agriculture and excessive harvesting. Fauna includes
elephants, rhinoceros, tigers, leopards, black bears,
snub-nosed monkeys, crocodiles and turtles.
Although Vietnam lies in the inter-tropical
zone, local conditions vary from frosty winter in the
far northern hills to the year-round subequatorial warmth
of the coastal beach areas. At sea level, the mean annual
temperature is about 27° C in the south, falling
to 22°C in the North.
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