Ubicaci�n: Southern Asia, between China and India

Cordenadas Geogr�ficas: 27 30 N, 90 30 E

Referencias en el mapa: Asia

Area:
total: 47,000 sq km
land: 47,000 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Area - comparativo: about half the size of Indiana

Fronteras:
total: 1,075 km
border countries: China 470 km, India 605 km

Costa: 0 km (landlocked)

Demandas Mar�timas: none (landlocked)

Clima: varies; tropical in southern plains; cool winters and hot summers in central valleys; severe winters and cool summers in Himalayas

Terreno: mostly mountainous with some fertile valleys and savanna

Extremos de Elevaci�n:
lowest point: Drangme Chhu 97 m
highest point: Kula Kangri 7,553 m

Recursos Naturales: timber, hydropower, gypsum, calcium carbide

Uso de Tierras:
arable land: 2%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 6%
forests and woodland: 66%
other: 26% (1993 est.)

Tierras Irrigadas: 340 sq km (1993 est.)

Peligros Naturales: violent storms coming down from the Himalayas are the source of the country's name which translates as Land of the Thunder Dragon; frequent landslides during the rainy season

Ambiente - asuntos actuales: soil erosion; limited access to potable water

Ambiente - acuerdos internacionales:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Nuclear Test Ban
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea

Nota - geograf�a: landlocked; strategic location between China and India; controls several key Himalayan mountain passes