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Bangladesh has an enormous excess of surface water during the summer monsoon (June to October) and relative scarcity towards the end of the dry season in April and May. . Internal renewable water resources are about 105 km 3 per year, while inflowing transboundary rivers provide another 1,100 km 3 annually (average 1977–2001)
Entire coast of Bangladesh (then called East Pakistan) Cyclone 1991 Bangladesh Cyclone: Chittagong: 138,866: 1991: A cyclone hit the coastal islands and chars near Patuakhali, Barisal, Noakhali and Chittagong. Maximum wind speed reached 110 km/h. The storm surge was 1.9 metres. Industrial disaster 2013 Rana Plaza collapse: Dhaka: 1,134 [1] 24 ...
In the coastal regions of Bangladesh, which make up 32% of the land in the country, there are problems of salinity due to high tides and reduced flow in rivers during the dry season. [1] There is already a natural seasonal fluctuation of rising levels of salt water. During the dry season, a salt water front rises 240 km.
The Swatch of No Ground (SoNG) is a 14 km wide trench in the Bay of Bengal. It is located 30 km from Dublar Char Islands, located in the Sundarbans.. This deepest trench has a record size of about 1340 meters (400–450 m deeper than the surrounding mean seafloor depth of 1000 m). [3]
The extent and location of haor basin. In a country where one third of all area can be termed as wetlands, [15] the haor basin is an internationally important [citation needed] wetland ecosystem, spread over Sunamganj, Habiganj, Moulvibazar districts and Sylhet Sadar Upazila, as well as Kishoreganj and Netrokona districts outside the core haor area.
There are three World Heritage Sites in Bangladesh, and a further seven on the tentative list. [3] The first two sites listed were the Mosque City of Bagerhat and the Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur, in 1985. Both sites are cultural. The most recent site, the Sundarbans, was listed in 1997 and is a natural site. [3]
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National park Area Location Established Altadighi National Park: 264.12 ha (653 acres) Naogaon: 24-12-2011 Baraiyadhala National Park: 2,933.61 ha (7,249 acres)