Bangladesh Geography and Nature

Climate Patterns, Monsoons and Cyclone Defenses

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  1. Which tropical cyclone struck East Pakistan on 12 November 1970, killing at least 300,000 people and possibly as many as 500,000?
  2. Which powerful Category 5 cyclone struck Chittagong and coastal islands on 29 April 1991 with 250 km/h winds and a 6-meter storm surge?
  3. Which cyclone struck the coast of Bangladesh on 15 November 2007, with at least 3,447 deaths blamed on it despite large-scale evacuations to shelters?
  4. Which disaster management programme of the Government and the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society works as an early warning system in coastal Bangladesh?
  5. Which type of structure built along Bangladesh's coast, often raised on stilts, shelters villagers during cyclones and storm surges?
  6. What term refers to the 139 enclosed embankments, 49 of them sea-facing, built in Bangladesh in the 1960s to protect the coast from tidal flooding?
  7. Which seasonal pre-monsoon localized thunderstorms, occurring in April and May with violent squalls and hail, are known as Kalbaishakhi?
  8. Which seasonal system, commencing in June and usually lasting through September, brings about 80 percent of the rain that falls on Bangladesh?
  9. Which village in the Meghalaya hills near the northern border of Bangladesh receives an average annual rainfall of approximately 11,872 millimeters?
  10. Which place does Banglapedia name as having the highest average rainfall in Bangladesh, at 6400 mm?
  11. In which part of Bangladesh is the average annual rainfall lowest, at about 1,500 mm?
  12. Which government agency, established in 1972 under the Bangladesh Water Development Board, runs 109 water level monitoring stations and 61 forecasting stations?
  13. Which government space agency of Bangladesh is concerned with astronomical and atmospheric research and the application of space technology?
  14. In which year did a flood cover over two-thirds of the area of Bangladesh and last for more than two months?
  15. What term describes the sudden floods that come down from the Khasi and Jaintia hills in Meghalaya into the haor region early in the monsoon?
  16. What long-term strategic master plan did the Government of Bangladesh formulate with Dutch support to secure delta resilience through 2100?
  17. What insidious geological water-quality crisis was discovered in the 1990s, contaminating shallow tubewell drinking water for millions across rural Bangladesh?
  18. What is the permissible limit of arsenic in drinking water in Bangladesh when no alternative source of water is available?
  19. What colour is painted on tubewells tested and found to have arsenic below 50 micrograms per litre in Bangladesh?
  20. Which environmental threat linked to sea level rise affects rice production in the coastal areas of Bangladesh?
  21. Which salt-tolerant rice varieties developed by the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) allow farmers to cultivate saline coastal lands?
  22. What innovative floating agricultural technique, practiced historically in Gopalganj, Pirojpur, and Barishal, was recognized by FAO as a GIAHS heritage system?
  23. Which bilateral body was created under the Indo-Bangla Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Peace signed on 19 March 1972?
  24. What is the primary natural cause of catastrophic riverbank erosion that displaces tens of thousands of people along the Jamuna and Padma annually?
  25. Which international climate fund was formally established at the 2010 UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun within the UNFCCC framework and is based in Songdo, Incheon?

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