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Location:
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Southern
Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between
Burma and Pakistan |
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Geographic
Coordinates:
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20
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References:
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Asia |
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Area:
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total:
3,287,590 sq km
land: 2,973,190 sq km
water: 314,400 sq km |
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Area
- Comparative:
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slightly
more than one-third the size of the US |
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Land
Boundaries:
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total:
14,103 km
border countries: Bangladesh 4,053 km, Bhutan 605 km, Burma
1,463 km, China 3,380 km, Nepal 1,690 km, Pakistan 2,912 km |
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Coastline:
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7000
km |
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Maritime
Claims:
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contiguous
zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental
margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm |
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Climate:
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varies
from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north |
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Terrain:
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upland
plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling plain along the
Ganges, deserts in west, Himalayas in north |
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Land
Use:
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arable
land: 56%
permanent crops: 1%
permanent pastures: 4%
forests and woodland: 23% other: 16% (1993 est.) |
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Irrigated
Land :
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480,000
sq km (1993 est.) |
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Natural
Hazards:
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droughts,
flash floods, severe thunderstorms common; earthquakes |
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Environment
- Current Issues:
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deforestation;
soil erosion; overgrazing; desertification; air pollution from
industrial effluents and vehicle emissions; water pollution from
raw sewage and runoff of agricultural pesticides; tap water is
not potable throughout the country; huge and rapidly growing population
is overstraining natural resources |
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Environment
- International Agreements:
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party
to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental
Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban,
Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical
Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
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