Bangladesh is situated in the eastern part of South Asian sub-continent. Lying between 20 degrees 34’ Latitudes and 26 degrees 38' North. And Longitudes 88 degrees 0I' and 92 degrees 41' East. Bordered by India on the east, west and north and by the Bay of Bengal and a small border strip with Myanmar on the south.
It has a land area of about I ,47,570 square kilometres. It's alluvial plains provide fertile agricultural lands.
The delta landmass comprise mainly of three mighty rivers the-Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Meghna, with a network of numerous rivers and canals. Vast green fields are hounded by low hills in the northeast and the southeast with an average elevation of 244 and 610 metres respectively. The highest point is located in the south-eastern extremity of Chittagong Hill Tracts.
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