Geography 
Posted on 01. Sep, 2009 by Mikey Leung in 1. General Information, Podcast
You are here: Home » Chapters » 1. General Information » Geography
If you ever wanted to experience the living reality of the idiom ‘when it rains, it pours’, Bangladesh is the place to be. During the yearly south Asian monsoon, almost all the water collected by the Himalayas in Nepal, north/northeast India and Bhutan transits through Bangladesh on its journey to the Bay of Bengal, depositing life-giving minerals to the soil all along the Ganges Delta, the largest river delta in the world. It is here that the mountains literally crumble to the sea. This has resulted in Bangladesh’s flatland alluvial topography, which is the defining characteristic of the country except in the hilly regions of the southeast and northeast. The mighty Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers are called the Padma and the Jamuna in Bangladesh, and both of these massive rivers join several other smaller tributaries to eventually become the Lower Meghna, forming the great Gangetic Delta. At its widest point near Bhola Island, the river stretches to a yawning 12km-wide breadth on its final leg towards the sea. Seen from a boat, the distinctions between land, river, ocean and sky become decidedly uncertain. The site is membership-based, with free and paid memberships available. To see the rest of this entry, you need to [ Register ], and [ Login ] to read the rest. Click here to learn more about all-access membership.
The rest of this post is only available to Trial, Free, Member, Book Owners accounts.
Already registered? Log in now:
