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: 144,000 sq km

land: 133,910 sq km

water: 10,090 sq km

Land boundaries:

total: 4,246 km

border countries: Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km

Coastline: 580 km

territorial sea: 12 nm

contiguous zone: 18 nm

exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

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:

lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m

highest point: Keokradong 1,230 m

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

Land use:arable land: 55.39%permanent crops: 3.08%other: 41.53% (2005)

Irrigated land:47,250 sq km (2003)

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

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