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Bangladesh, a low-lying country crossed by many rivers. It has a coastline of about 360 miles along the Bay of Bengal. Its total size is 144,000 square kilometers and its land area is 133,910 square kilometers. Its climate is a subtropical monsoon climate. It has great variations in seasonal rainfall, moderately warm temperatures, and high humidity. The climate is basically the same throughout entire country. Bangladesh has a lot of severe natural disasters such as floods, tropical cyclones, tornadoes, and tidal bores. There are Chittagong Hills in southeast, Low Hills in northeast, and middle-elevation hills in north and northwest.
Since Bangladesh is such a small country, the land is very densely populated. There are 1,900 people per square mile. It is the most densely populated country in the world. There is very little land to be shared among farmers. Fortunately, most of Bangladesh’s land is suitable for farming. Five percent of the population owns one quarter of the l...