Gateway to Land and Water Information: Bangladesh Table 2.3.1: Major physiographic units

Bangladesh

Table 2.3.1: Major physiographic units > 2.3 > 2. > menu

Sl. No.	AEZs included	Land type	Physiographic unit	Area (km2)
1	1	H	Old Himalayan Piedmont Plain	4 008
2	37682	MH	Tista Floodplain	10 304
3	4	MH	Karatoya-Bangali Floodplain	2 572
4	5	L	Lower Atria Basin	851
5	6	L	Lower Purnabhaba Floodplain	129
6	40032	MH	Brahmaputra Floodplain	16 344
7	41223	MH-H-ML	Ganges River Floodplain	24 508
8	13	MH	Ganges Tidal Floodplain	17 066
9	14	ML	Gopalganj-Khulna Bils	2 247
10	15	L	Arial Bil	144
11	16-17	ML	Meghna River Floodplain	2 464
12	18-19	MH-ML	Meghna Estuarine Floodplain	17 011
13	20-21	L	Surma-Kusiyara Floodplain	9 195
14	22	H	Northern and Eastern Piedmont Plains	4 038
15	23	MH	Chittagong Coastal Plain	3 720
16	24	MH	St Martin's Coral Island	8
17	25-26-27	MH-H-MH	Barind Tract	7 727
18	28	H	Madhupur Tract	4 244
19	29	H	Northern and Eastern Hills	18 172
20	30	H	Akhaura Terrace	113

Table 2.3.1: Major physiographic units
[source: UNDP/FAO 1988 and Field 1995.]

Innundation Land types:

H- High,
MH- medium High,
ML- Medium Low,
L-Low.