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| Location: |
Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India
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| Geographic coordinates: |
24 00 N, 90 00 E
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| Area: |
total:
144,000 sq km
land:
133,910 sq km
water:
10,090 sq km
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| Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than Wisconsin
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| Land boundaries: |
total:
4,246 km
border countries:
Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km
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| Maritime claims: |
contiguous zone:
18 NM
continental shelf:
up to the outer limits of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone:
200 NM
territorial sea:
12 NM
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| Climate: |
tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October)
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| Terrain: |
mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point:
Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Keokradong 1,230 m
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| Natural resources: |
natural gas, arable land, timber, coal
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| Land use: |
arable land:
73%
permanent crops:
2%
permanent pastures:
5%
forests and woodland:
15%
other:
5% (1993 est.)
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| Irrigated land: |
31,000 sq km (1993 est.)
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| Natural hazards: |
droughts, cyclones; much of the country routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season
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| Environment - current issues: |
many people are landless and forced to live on and cultivate flood-prone land; water-borne 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
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| Environment - international agreements: |
party to:
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
Law of the Sea
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