Table 12 Percentage of overall drought-vulnerable zones.
From: Delineating the drought vulnerability zones in Bangladesh
Vulnerable zones | Hydrological region | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eastern Hills | North Central | North East | North West | River and Estuary | South Central | South East | South West | |
Very Low | 0.03% | 0.00% | 28.57% | 0.03% | 4.40% | 5.54% | 0.00% | 0.02% |
Low | 5.10% | 2.85% | 41.68% | 8.56% | 25.37% | 31.37% | 11.89% | 26.01% |
Moderate | 36.34% | 40.65% | 26.10% | 23.06% | 38.44% | 36.94% | 39.60% | 17.52% |
High | 56.85% | 35.85% | 3.56% | 40.39% | 21.19% | 18.99% | 44.42% | 15.38% |
Very High | 1.68% | 20.66% | 0.09% | 27.96% | 10.60% | 7.16% | 4.09% | 41.06% |