| 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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| Zone | Asia |
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| Area | total: 144,000 sq km
land: 133,910 sq km
water: 10,090 sq km |
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| Land boundaries | total: 4,246 km
border countries: Burma 193 km, India 4,053 km |
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| Coastline | 580 km |
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| Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 18 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: up to the outer limits of the continental margin |
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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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| Irrigated land | 580 km |
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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, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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| 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 |
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