Geography of Bangladesh

Location:                              Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India.
Geographic:                         Coordinates 24 00 N, 90 00 E
Map references:                   Asia
Area:                                    147,570 sq km / 56,977 sq miles
Area - comparative:              Slightly smaller than Wisconsin
Land boundaries:                  Total: 4,246 km
Border countries:                   Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km
Coastline:                              580 km
                                             
                                             contiguous zone: 18 nm
Maritime claims:                    continental shelf: up to outer limits of continental margin
                                             exclusive economic zone: 200 nm       
                                             territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate:                                 tropical; cool, dry winter (October to March); hot, humid summer
                                             (March  to June); cool, rainy monsoon (June to October)

Terrain:                                   mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast


Elevation extremes:                  lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
                                               highest point: Keokradong 1,230 m

Natural resources:                    natural gas, arable land, timber

Land use:                                 arable land: 73%, permanent crops: 2%, permanent pastures: 5%,
                                                forests and woodland: 15%, other: 5% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land:                            31,000 sq km (1993 est.)

Natural hazards:                        droughts, cyclones; much of the country routinely flooded during the
                                                 summer monsoon season