<P> Cambodia 's low mountain ranges - representing the walls of the bowl - remain as the result of only rather recent substantial infrastructural development and economic exploitation - in particular in remote areas - formidably forested . The country is fringed to the north by the Dangrek Mountains plateau , bordering Thailand and Laos , to the north - east by the Annamite Range , in the south - west by the Cardamom Mountains and in the South by the Elephant Mountains . Highlands to the north - east and to the east merge into the Central Highlands and the Mekong Delta lowlands of Vietnam . </P>
<P> Cambodia 's low mountain ranges - representing the walls of the bowl - remain as the result of only rather recent substantial infrastructural development and economic exploitation - in particular in remote areas - formidably forested . The country is fringed to the north by the Dangrek Mountains plateau , bordering Thailand and Laos , to the north - east by the Annamite Range , in the south - west by the Cardamom Mountains and in the South by the Elephant Mountains . Highlands to the north - east and to the east merge into the Central Highlands and the Mekong Delta lowlands of Vietnam . </P>
landform that separates vietnam from cambodia and laos
landform that separates vietnam from cambodia and laos
Dangrek Mountains plateau
Dangrek Mountains plateau