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Geography
Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India
24 00 N, 90 00 E
Area: 
total: 143,998 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
94
land: 130,168 sq km
water: 13,830 sq km
slightly smaller than Iowa
total: 4,246 km
border countries: Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km
580 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 18 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: up to the outer limits of the continental margin
Current Weather
tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October)
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: 55.39%
permanent crops: 3.08%
other: 41.53% (2005)
47,250 sq km (2003)
1,210.6 cu km (1999)
total: 79.4 cu km/yr (3%/1%/96%)
per capita: 560 cu m/yr (2000)
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
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