Bangladesh is covered with Tertiary folded sedimentary rocks (12%), Pleistocene soil (8%) and Holocene alluvial sediments (80%). Moreover, it is in a tectonically active region of the world. These sediments, consisting mainly of unconsolidated sand, silt and clay in varying amounts, come from different geological environments and deposit in different geomorphological conditions. Besides these, the country is tackling anthropogenic activities where population become double within 40 years.Climate is another important factor, which has relevance in shaping of the earth's surface because the processes that act upon the surface material are different in different climate zones [3]. Bangladesh enjoys a tropical monsoon climate [4]. Mean annual rainfall is 1250 mm in the centre-west, more than 2500mm in the north-west and near the coast and exceeds 5000 mm in the north-east [5]. Mean temperature is about 25 °C, and that ranges from 18 °C to 30 °C in winter and summer respectively. Wind is generally light, but it goes 50-100 km/hr or more during pre-monsoon or cyclones. Evaporation is about 50-75, 100-175 and 100-125 mm/month in winter, pre-monsoon and monsoon respectively. Application of remote sensing in Bangladesh geology started during the middle of 1950s [6]. For practical reasons aerial photographs were used for geological mapping till the availability of satellite remote sensing data, which is continuing.
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