13:36 Bangladesh: information about country | |
| Bangladesh is a country in South Asia, in the north-eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, which is washed by the Bay of Bengal of the Indian Ocean. The country borders with India in the west, north and east, and with Burma (Myanmar) in the south-east. Most of the country is occupied by alluvial lowland plains with elevations less than 10 m above sea level within the overall delta of the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Meghna (Jamuna), which is flooded almost every year. A relatively elevated area is the Chittagong hills (the highest point of the country is the Modoc-Mual Mountain, 1003 m), which is less than one tenth of the land area. Along the eastern and northern borders with India are low hills Madhpur whose height does not exceed 30 meters. In the south-west of the country, vast mangrove swamps of the Sundarbans are situated. Bangladesh occupies an area of about 144.000 square kilometers. | |
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