| Climate Bangladesh :
| tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October)
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| Terrain Bangladesh :
| mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast
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| Elevation extremes lowest Bangladesh :
| Indian Ocean 0 m
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| Elevation extremes highest Bangladesh :
| Keokradong 1,230 m
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| Natural resources Bangladesh :
| natural gas, arable land, timber, coal
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| Land use arableland Bangladesh :
| 62,11%
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| Irrigated land Bangladesh :
| 38,440 sq km (1998 est.)
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| Natural hazards Bangladesh :
| droughts, cyclones; much of the country routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season
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| Environment current issues Bangladesh :
| 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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| Geography note Bangladesh :
| 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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