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Location: Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between
Burma and India
Geographic coordinates: 24 00 N, 90 00 E
Area:
- Total: 144,000 sq km
- Land: 133,910 sq km
- Water: 10,090 sq km
Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Wisconsin
Land boundaries:
- Total: 4,246 km
- Border countries: Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km
Coastline: 580 km
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
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%
Irrigated land: 31,000 sq km (1993 est.)
Natural hazards: droughts, cyclones; much of the country routinely
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