Position:
Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India
Geographical coordinates:
24 00 N, 90 00 E
Map references:
Asia
Area:
total: 143.998 sq km
country comparison of the world: 94
land: 130.168 sq km
water: 13.830 sq km
Area - relative
slightly smaller than Iowa
Limits of land:
total: 4.246 km
border countries: Burma 193 km, India 4.053 miles
Coastline:
580 km
Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 18 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: to the outer limits of the continental margin
Climate:
tropical, mild winter (October to March), hot summer, humid (March to June), rainy monsoon moist, warm (June to October)
Land:
mostly flat alluvial plain, hilly in southeast
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: 1.230 m Keokradong
Natural resources:
natural gas, arable land, timber, coal
Land Use:
arable land: 55.39% the
permanent crops: 0.08% 3The
other: 41The 53% (2005)
Irrigated land:
50.500 sq km (2008)
Total renewable water resources:
1,210.6 cu km (1999)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic / industrial / agricultural):
total: 79.4 km / your cu (3% / 1% / 96%)
per capita: 560 cu m / su (2000)
Natural hazards:
droughts, cyclones, most of the country routinely flooded during summer monsoon season
Environment - current issues:
Many people are landless and forced to live on and cultivate flood-prone land, marine diseases prevalent in surface water, water pollution, especially of fishing areas, results from the use of commercial pesticides, arsenic-contaminated groundwater naturally occurring, intermittent water shortages because of declining water tables in northern and central parts of the country, soil degradation and erosion, deforestation, overpopulation severe
Environment - international agreements:
Game: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Change-Kyoto Protocol Climate, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Waste Risky, 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
Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India
Geographical coordinates:
24 00 N, 90 00 E
Map references:
Asia
Area:
total: 143.998 sq km
country comparison of the world: 94
land: 130.168 sq km
water: 13.830 sq km
Area - relative
slightly smaller than Iowa
Limits of land:
total: 4.246 km
border countries: Burma 193 km, India 4.053 miles
Coastline:
580 km
Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 18 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: to the outer limits of the continental margin
Climate:
tropical, mild winter (October to March), hot summer, humid (March to June), rainy monsoon moist, warm (June to October)
Land:
mostly flat alluvial plain, hilly in southeast
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: 1.230 m Keokradong
Natural resources:
natural gas, arable land, timber, coal
Land Use:
arable land: 55.39% the
permanent crops: 0.08% 3The
other: 41The 53% (2005)
Irrigated land:
50.500 sq km (2008)
Total renewable water resources:
1,210.6 cu km (1999)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic / industrial / agricultural):
total: 79.4 km / your cu (3% / 1% / 96%)
per capita: 560 cu m / su (2000)
Natural hazards:
droughts, cyclones, most of the country routinely flooded during summer monsoon season
Environment - current issues:
Many people are landless and forced to live on and cultivate flood-prone land, marine diseases prevalent in surface water, water pollution, especially of fishing areas, results from the use of commercial pesticides, arsenic-contaminated groundwater naturally occurring, intermittent water shortages because of declining water tables in northern and central parts of the country, soil degradation and erosion, deforestation, overpopulation severe
Environment - international agreements:
Game: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Change-Kyoto Protocol Climate, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Waste Risky, 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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