Total area: 144,000 km2
land area: 133,910 km2

Comparative area: slightly smaller than Wisconsin

Land boundaries: 4,246 km total
Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km

Coastline: 580 km

Maritime claims: @m5Contiguous zone: 18 nm
@m5Continental shelf: up to outer limits of continental margin
@m5Extended economic zone: 200 nm
@m5Territorial sea: 12 nm

Disputes: a portion of the boundary with India is in dispute

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

Natural resources: natural gas, uranium, arable land, timber

Land use: 67% arable land; 2% permanent crops; 4% meadows and pastures; 16% forest and woodland; 11% other; includes 14% irrigated

Environment: vulnerable to droughts; much of country routinely flooded during summer monsoon season; overpopulation; deforestation

Note: almost completely surrounded by India; Joint River Commission on water sharing with upstream riparian India

NOTE: The information regarding Bangladesh on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bangladesh Geography 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bangladesh Geography 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.