Location:
Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India
Geographic coordinates:
24 00 N, 90 00 E
Map references:
Asia
Area:
Area - comparative: Land boundaries:
Coastline: Maritime claims:
Climate: Terrain: Elevation extremes:
Natural resources: Land use:
Irrigated land: Total renewable water resources: Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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Geography - note:
total:
143,998 sq km
country comparison to the world: 95
land:
130,168 sq km
water:
13,830 sq km
slightly smaller than Iowa
total:
4,413 km
border countries:
Burma 271 km, India 4,142 km
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580 km
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territorial sea:
12 nm
contiguous zone:
18 nm
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
continental shelf:
up to the outer limits of the continental margin
tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October)
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mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast
lowest point:
Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Keokradong 1,230 m
natural gas, arable land, timber, coal
arable land:
52.97%
permanent crops:
6.25%
other:
40.78% (2011)
50,500 sq km (2008)
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1,227 cu km (2011)
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total:
35.87 cu km/yr (10%/2%/88%)
per capita:
238.3 cu m/yr (2008)
droughts; cyclones; much of the country routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season
many people are landless and forced to live on and cultivate flood-prone land; waterborne 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
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
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