Table 9 Percentage of agricultural 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 | 0.44% | 16.27% | 9.80% | 0.08% | 21.85% | 22.74% | 0.69% | 18.67% |
Low | 2.31% | 39.52% | 46.69% | 6.79% | 41.02% | 26.84% | 6.01% | 25.20% |
Moderate | 5.08% | 37.89% | 38.92% | 60.74% | 26.35% | 30.02% | 63.02% | 33.37% |
High | 37.78% | 6.32% | 3.60% | 32.31% | 10.72% | 19.23% | 25.84% | 22.77% |
Very High | 54.39% | 0.00% | 0.99% | 0.08% | 0.05% | 1.18% | 4.44% | 0.00% |