| Location | Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India |
| Geographic coordinates | 24 00 N, 90 00 E |
| Map references | Asia |
| Area | total: 148,460 sq km land: 130,170 sq km water: 18,290 sq km |
| Area - comparative | slightly larger than Pennsylvania and New Jersey combined; slightly smaller than Iowa |
| Land boundaries | total: 4,413 km border countries (2): Burma 271 km, India 4142 km |
| Coastline | 580 km |
| Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 18 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: to the outer limits of the continental margin |
| Climate | tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October) |
| Terrain | mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast |
| Elevation extremes | highest point: Keokradong 1,230 m lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m mean elevation: 85 m |
| Natural resources | natural gas, arable land, timber, coal |
| Land use | agricultural land: 70.1% (2018 est.) arable land: 59% (2018 est.) permanent crops: 6.5% (2018 est.) permanent pasture: 4.6% (2018 est.) forest: 11.1% (2018 est.) other: 18.8% (2018 est.) |
| Irrigated land | 53,000 sq km (2012) |
| Total renewable water resources | 1,227,032,000,000 cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Natural hazards | droughts; cyclones; much of the country routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season |
| Geography - note | 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 |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
