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Introduction - Bangladesh: | Location - Bangladesh: | Location | Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India | | Geographic coordinates | 24 00 N, 90 00 E | | Map references | Asia | | Area | total: 144,000 sq km
land: 133,910 sq km
water: 10,090 sq km | | Area comparative | slightly smaller than Iowa | | Land boundaries | total: 4,246 km
border countries: Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km | | Coastline | 580 km | | Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 18 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: up to the outer limits of the continental margin | | Climate | tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October) | | Terrain | mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Keokradong 1,230 m | | Natural resources | natural gas, arable land, timber, coal | | Land use | arable land: 55.39%
permanent crops: 3.08%
other: 41.53% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 47,250 sq km (2003) | | Natural hazards | droughts, cyclones; much of the country routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season | | Environment current issues | many people are landless and forced to live on and cultivate flood-prone land; water-borne diseases prevalent in surface water; water pollution, especially of fishing areas, results from the use of commercial pesticides; ground water contaminated by naturally occurring arsenic; intermittent water shortages because of falling water tables in the northern and central parts of the country; soil degradation and erosion; deforestation; severe overpopulation | | Environment international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | most of the country is situated on deltas of large rivers flowing from the Himalayas: the Ganges unites with the Jamuna (main channel of the Brahmaputra) and later joins the Meghna to eventually empty into the Bay of Bengal | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |