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Bangladesh is 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 Meghan Rivers and their tributaries occupy 79% of the country. Four uplifted blocks (including the Madhupur and Ba rind Tracts in the center and northwest) occupy 9 %, and steep hill ranges up to ca 1,000 miles high occupy 12 % in the southeast Chittagong Hill Tracts and the northeast. Straddling the Tropic of Cancer, Bangladesh has a tropical monsoon climate characterized by heavy seasonal rainfall, high temperatures, and high humidity.