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The markhor is the national animal of Pakistan. [37] It was one of the 72 animals featured on the World Wide Fund for Nature Conservation Coin Collection in 1976. Markhor marionettes are used in the Afghan puppet shows known as buz-baz. The markhor has also been mentioned in a Pakistani computer-animated film known as Allahyar and the Legend of ...
Map of Bangladesh Bangladesh is a densely populated, low-lying, mainly riverine country located in South Asia with a coastline of 580 km (360 mi) on the northern littoral of the Bay of Bengal . The delta plain of the Ganges (Padma) , Brahmaputra (Jamuna) , and Meghna Rivers and their tributaries occupy 79 percent of the country.
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Map of Bangladesh, with Myanmar to the south-east. The Bangladesh–Myanmar border is the international border between the countries of Bangladesh and Myanmar (formerly Burma). [2] The border stretches 271.0 kilometres (168.4 miles), from the tripoint with India in the north to the Bay of Bengal in the south. [3]
The Kashmir markhor, Pir Panjal markhor, or flare-horned markhor (Capra falconeri cashmiriensis) is a possible subspecies of Capra falconeri endemic to the Western Himalayas of India and Pakistan. Many, including the IUCN, do not consider it a separate subspecies. [2] These markhors are hunted as part of a community-based hunting program.
About 26% of Pakistan's total land area is under cultivation and is watered by one of the largest irrigation systems in the world. The most important crops are cotton , wheat , rice , sugarcane , maize , sorghum , millets , pulses , oil seeds , barley , fruits and vegetables , which together account for more than 75% of the value of total crop ...
This is a list of Islands of Bangladesh. The islands of Bangladesh are scattered along the Bay of Bengal and the river mouth of the Padma. The word "Char" is used in many of the names and refers to floodplain sediment islands in the Ganges Delta. Many large rivers originated from the Himalayas carry a high level of sediment and it accumulates ...
The name Bangladesh means "The land of Bengal" in the official Bengali language. Bangladesh became an independent sovereign nation in 1971 after a bloody struggle for liberation from Pakistan led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and General M. A. G. Osmani. Bangladesh is the eight-most populous country and the fifth-most populous democracy in the