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  Geography of Bangladesh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Bangladesh is a land of rivers that crisscrossed throughout the mostly flat territories of the country.
Bangladesh is subject to devastating cyclones, originating over the Bay of Bengal, in the periods of April to May and September to November.
Bangladesh is rich in fauna, including nearly 250 indigenous species of mammals, 750 types of birds, 150 kinds of reptiles and amphibians, and 200 varieties of marine and freshwater fish.
www.bangla2000.com /Bangladesh/geography.shtm   (830 words)

  
 Bangladesh
Bangladesh consists mostly of a low-lying river delta located on the Indian subcontinent with a largely marshy jungle coastline on the Bay of Bengal known as the Sundarbans[?], home to the Bengal Tiger.
Bangladesh's alluvial soil is highly fertile but vulnerable to both flood and drought.
Bangladesh is plagued by overpopulation, while many people are landless and forced to live on and cultivate flood-prone land.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ba/Bangladesh.html   (843 words)

  
 Bangladesh Geography
The physiography of Bangladesh is characterized by two distinctive features: a broad deltaic plain subject to frequent flooding, and a small hilly region crossed by swiftly flowing rivers.
Bangladesh is bordered on the west, north, and east by a 2,400-kilometer land frontier with India and, in the southeast, by a short land and water frontier (193 kilometers) with Burma.
The alluvial soils in the Bangladesh Plain are generally fertile and are enriched with heavy silt deposits carried downstream during the rainy season.
www.country-studies.com /bangladesh/geography.html   (549 words)

  
 SAF - Bangladesh Geography
Bangladesh, a low-lying country traversed by numerous rivers, has a coastline of about 580 km (about 360 mi) along the Bay of Bengal.
Most of Bangladesh lies within the broad delta formed by the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers and is exceedingly flat, low-lying, and subject to annual flooding.
In addition to the normal monsoonal rainfall, Bangladesh is subject to devastating cyclones, originating over the Bay of Bengal, in the periods of April to May and September to November.
www.southasiafoundation.org /saf/bangladesh/banglageo.asp   (784 words)

  
 Bangladesh - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Bangladesh borders on the Bay of Bengal in the south; on the Indian states of West Bengal in the west and north, Assam and Meghalaya in the northeast, and Tripura and Mizoram in the east; and on Myanmar in the southeast.
Bangladesh is one of the world's ten most populated countries and has one of the highest population densities (about 2,100 people per sq mi/810 people per sq km).
Bangladesh is one of the world's poorest nations, with overpopulation adding to its economic woes, and it is heavily reliant on foreign aid.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-banglade.html   (2141 words)

  
 Bangladesh Geography : Banglapedia Article:Boi-Mela
Bangladesh is fringed on the southwest by the huge expanse of mangrove forest known as sundarbans, the abode of the famous Royal bengal tiger.
The Mongolian group of Bangladesh's population is confined to the hills along the southern spur of the shillong plateau, in chittagong hill tracts and Madhupur forest.
The pride of Bangladesh is its river network, of which the Ganges-Padma, the Jamuna, the Brahmaputra, the Meghna, the surma, the Karnafuli, and the Tista are most important, and their tributaries and distributaries numbering around 700, with a total length of about 24,140 km, flow down to the Bay of Bengal.
www.boi-mela.com /Banglapedia/ViewArticle.asp?TopicRef=568   (2897 words)

  
 Geography of Bangladesh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bangladesh is a low-lying, riverine country located in South Asia with a largely marshy jungle coastline of 710 kilometers (440 mi) on the northern littoral of the Bay of Bengal.
Bangladesh is bordered on the west, north, and east by a 2,400-kilometer land frontier with India and, in the southeast, by a short land and water frontier (193 km) with Burma (Myanmar).
The territorial waters of Bangladesh extend 12 nautical miles, and the exclusive economic zone of the country is 200 nautical miles (370 km).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geography_of_Bangladesh   (2478 words)

  
 Windows on Asia
Bangladesh is situated in the eastern part of the Asian subcontinent and is surrounded on three sides by India.
Bangladesh was a part of the Indian province of Bengal until 1947 when the British partitioned the subcontinent into India and Pakistan.
Bangladesh is a very fertile land and this fertility allows the country to export agricultural products such as rice, tea, sugarcane, animal products such as beef, poultry and milk, and tropical fruits including mangos, bananas and pineapple.
www.asia.msu.edu /southasia/Bangladesh/geography.html   (566 words)

  
 Bangladesh (09/06)
Bangladesh's judiciary is a civil court system based on the British model; the highest court of appeal is the appellate court of the Supreme Court.
Bangladesh is generally a force for moderation in international forums, and it is also a long-time leader in international peacekeeping operations.
Relations between Bangladesh and the United States were further strengthened by the participation of Bangladesh troops in the 1991 Gulf war coalition, and alongside U.S. forces in numerous UN peacekeeping operations, including Haiti in 1994, as well as by the assistance of a U.S. naval task force after a disastrous March 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3452.htm   (8722 words)

  
 Bangladesh (08/04)
As of June 2003 Bangladesh was the third-leading contributor to UN peacekeeping operations with a total of 2,642 troops, observers, and military police.
Bangladesh was admitted to the United Nations in 1974 and was elected to a Security Council term in 1978 and again for a 2000-01 term.
Bangladesh is bordered on the west, north, and east by a 2,400-kilometer land frontier with India, and on the southeast by a land and water frontier (193 kilometers) with Burma.
www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/b/40525.htm   (7619 words)

  
 Bangladesh Geography
Bangladesh is a low-lying, riverine country located in South Asia with a largely marshy jungle coastline of 600 kilometers (370 mi.) on the northern littoral of the Bay of Bengal.
Formed by a deltaic plain at the confluence of the Ganges (Padma), Brahmaputra (Jamuna), and Meghna Rivers and their tributaries, Bangladesh's alluvial soil is highly fertile but vulnerable to flood and drought.
Bangladesh also is affected by major cyclones--on average 16 times a decade.
www.multied.com /NationbyNation/Bangladesh/Geo.html   (135 words)

  
 South Asia Briefing Unit 1 - Bangladesh Geography
Bangladesh is a subtropical country, with an abundance of water.
Bangladesh is surrounded to the west, northwest and east by India, and shares a southeastern border with Burma.
Bangladesh is affected roughly 16 times a decade by tropical cyclones which wreak havoc on coastal plains and villages.
www.thp.org /sac/unit1/bgeography.htm   (223 words)

  
 Bangladesh geography paper
To the West and North Bangladesh is boredered by India and to the East it is bordered by Bhurma.
Bangladesh is located on the Ganges Delta, the delta that all the rivers in Bangladesh connect to.
The climate in Bangladesh is a tropical monsoon climate.
www.ri.net /schools/East_Greenwich/Cole/bangladeshgeography.html   (610 words)

  
 World InfoZone - Bangladesh Information - Page 1
Bangladesh lies to the east of India, in the Bay of Bengal.
Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world.
Bangladesh is predominantly a Muslim country; its separation from India as East Pakistan was mainly on religious grounds.
www.worldinfozone.com /country.php?country=Bangladesh   (536 words)

  
 Virtual Bangladesh : Geography
Bangladesh is a riverine nation situated in the middle of the ganges delta.
Bangladesh is the home of the Royal Bengal Tiger.
While Bangladesh isn't terribly endowed with mineral resources, recent discoveries of massive natural gas finds and possible oil finds have made her an attractive option for oil companies to invest in.
www.virtualbangladesh.com /bd_geography.html   (129 words)

  
 .:: Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) ::.
People's Republic of Bangladesh is one of the few countries in South Asia.
Bangladesh is bordered on the west, north, and east by India, on the southeast by Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), and on the south by the Bay of Bengal.
While having a long and rich historical tradition, Bangladesh is a remarkably young country, founded in 1971 after a bloody liberation struggle.
www.bjmc.gov.bd /overseas.asp   (85 words)

  
 About Bangladesh
Bangladesh is bordered by India to the east, north, and west and shares a short border with Myanmar (Burma) in the southeast.
With a population of approximately 140 million, Bangladesh is the most densely populated agricultural country in the world.
Bangladesh is one of the few countries that has the potential to grow three rice crops a year and is essentially self-sufficient in rice production.
www.usaid.gov /bd/bangladesh.html   (421 words)

  
 Bangladesh - Gurupedia
The People's Republic of Bangladesh is a country in South Asia that forms the eastern part of the ancient region of Bengal.
The Pakistani Army was forced to surrender in December 16, 1971 and Bangladesh was free of foreign occupants.
Resulting diseases and pollution form a problem, but more pressing is the contamination of ground water by naturally occurring arsenic, caused in part by western NGO's public health efforts encouraging the drilling of wells as an alternative to using water from contaminated surface water.
www.gurupedia.com /b/ba/bangladesh.htm   (1264 words)

  
 Bangladesh: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
Bangladesh, on the northern coast of the Bay of Bengal, is surrounded by India, with a small common border with Myanmar in the southeast.
Bangladesh consists primarily of East Bengal (West Bengal is part of India and its people are primarily Hindu) plus the Sylhet district of the Indian state of Assam.
Bangladesh: Economy - Economy Bangladesh is one of the world's poorest nations, with overpopulation adding to its...
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107317.html   (864 words)

  
 HighBeam Encyclopedia – Free Online Encyclopedia for Reference, Research, Facts
Bangladesh borders on the Bay of Bengal in the...
120,170), N Bangladesh, on the Karatoya River, a tributary of the Jamuna.
It is the river port for Dhaka and Bangladesh's busiest trade center, especially for jute...
www.encyclopedia.com /category/Places/Asia/banggeo.html   (428 words)

  
 Geography of Bangladesh - The Land, Climate and River Systems
Bangladesh has a subtropical monsoon climate characterized by wide seasonal variations in rainfall, moderately warm temperatures, and high humidity.
For example, in 1988 two-thirds of Bangladesh's sixty-four districts experienced extensive flood damage in the wake of unusually heavy rains that flooded the river systems.
Because water is so vital to agriculture, more than 60 percent of the net arable land, some 9.1 million hectares, is cultivated in the rainy season despite the possibility of severe flooding, and nearly 40 percent of the land is cultivated during the dry winter months.
worldfacts.us /Bangladesh-geography.htm   (2029 words)

  
 Bangladesh - history and culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Bangladesh was once part of the Indian state of Bengal.
Bangladesh occupies part of the north-eastern corner of the Indian subcontinent.
In Bangladesh the Ganges is known as the Padma and the Brahmaputra becomes the Jamuna.
www.blss.portsmouth.sch.uk /hsc/cultrel/bangladesh.shtml   (458 words)

  
 Bangladesh
From the history and geography of Bangladesh, to her culture, language and literature.
Bangladesh english - Our mission is to emerge as the leading informational resource for World Wide Web audiences seeking travel, e-commerce, and business to business services for foreign countries.
Pabna english - Pabna or Pubna is a district town in the West-Central Bangladesh, situated between the Padma(Ganges) and the Jamuna(Brahmaputra).
www.tuttinsieme.it /tutti/tut/as/bangladesh/bangladesh.htm   (628 words)

  
 Bangladesh travel information
Bangladesh is situated on the north eastern side of the South Asian Subcontinent.
Visas: Bangladesh visas are valid for six months from the date of issue and are good for stays of one or three months.
Bangladesh is a cheap country if you want to keep your travel cost low.
www.asterism.info /bangladesh/index.html   (384 words)

  
 Maps of Bangladesh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The area that is now Bangladesh has a rich historical and cultural past, combining Dravidian, Indo-Aryan, Mongol/Mughul, Arab, Persian, Turkic, and west European cultures.
The president, while chief of state, holds a largely ceremonial post; the real power is held by the prime minister, who is head of government.
With 26.19 million metric tons produced in 2003-04 (July-June), rice is Bangladesh's principal crop.
mapup.com /asia/bangladesh.html   (5960 words)

  
 Bangladesh - The People's Republic of Bangladesh - Country Profile
Bangladesh came into existence in 1971 when Bengali East Pakistan seceded from its union with West Pakistan.
The centre monitors the rainfall and water-levels throughout Bangladesh.
Bangladesh's concerns about the Indian programme for linking of rivers and transferring huge volumes of water from mainly its north and north-eastern parts (having major rivers common with Bangladesh) to the south.
www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/bangladesh.htm   (667 words)

  
 Inroduction to Bangladesh - Countries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The ensuing war was one of the shortest and bloodiest of modern times, with the Pakistan army occupying all major towns, using napalm against villages, and slaughtering and raping villagers.
Indian troops crossed the border and the Pakistani army found itself being attacked from the east by the Indian army, the north and east by guerrillas and from all quarters by the civilian population.
In 1979, Bangladesh began a short-lived experiment with democracy led by the overwhelmingly popular President Zia, who established good relationships with the West and the oil-rich Islamic countries.
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 Cool Planet - Bangladesh - Geography & environment
Much of the land was formed from silt brought by the three great rivers (the Ganges, the Brahmaputra, and the Meghna).
Floods are a fact of life in Bangladesh.
Surviving the floods depends on having early-warning systems, on building houses on stilts, above high-water level, and on having flood shelters (which are raised platforms made of earth).
www.oxfam.org.uk /coolplanet/kidsweb/world/bangladesh/banggeog.htm   (136 words)

  
 GEOGRAPHY of Bangladesh - Countries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Almost all of Bangladesh consists of a flat, low-lying alluvial plain (land formed from soil deposited by rivers).
Rice and jute, the most important crops of Bangladesh, thrive in the wet delta region.
Coastline of Bangladesh extends 575 kilometres along the Bay of Bengal.
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