Bangladesh: Geography#
| Location | Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 24 00 N, 90 00 E 24.0,90.0 |
| Area | total: 143,998 sq km land: 130,168 sq km water: 13,830 sq km We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows: Factbook: 143998 DBpedia: 147570 Geoname: 144000 Infoplease: 144000 Britannica: 147570 Wolfram: 143998 Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Land boundaries | total: 4,413 km border countries: Burma 271 km, India 4,142 km |
| Coastline | 580 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Keokradong 1,230 m |
| Highest Mountains | |
| Terrain | mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast |
| Natural Hazards | droughts; cyclones; much of the country routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season |
| Natural Resource | natural gas, arable land, timber, coal |
| Land Use | arable land: 52.97% permanent crops: 6.25% other: 40.78% (2011) |
| Climate | tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October) |
| Irrigated Land | 50,500 sq km (2008) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 1,227 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | 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 |
| 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 |
| Large Cities | Dhaka; Chittagong; Khulna; Rajshahi; Komilla [Verified] Important Cities |
| 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 Important Rivers |