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Nepal is a landlocked sovereign state in South Asia. The country is bordered to the north by China , and to the south, east, and west by India . The Himalayas in the country's northern region has eight of the world's ten highest mountains, including Mount Everest , called Sagarmatha in Nepali.
Nepal contains most of the Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world. Eight of the fourteen eight-thousanders are located in the country, either in whole or shared across a border with China or India. Nepal has the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest at an astonishing height of 8,848.86m as well as 1,310 peaks over 6,000 m height.
A land cover map of Nepal using Landsat 30 m (2010) data. ICIMOD ’s first and most complete national land cover [ 24 ] database of Nepal prepared using public domain Landsat TM data of 2010 shows that show that forest is the dominant form of land cover in Nepal covering 57,538 km 2 with a contribution of 39.09% to the total geographical area ...
Tilicho Lake in Gandaki Province is the highest lake in Nepal. It lies at an altitude of 4919 m above mean sea level. Other most popular lakes are Phewa lake and Begnas Lake located in Pokhara. Below is a list of artificial and natural lakes in Nepal ordered by province, and by district within each province. Rara Lake Phoksundo Lake in Nepal
The Natural Monuments of Nepal [1] includes mountains, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, national parks, wildlife reserves, bird sanctuary, land terraces and flood way. [2] [3] The Nepal Nature Conservation Act 1982 (Raastriya Praakrtik Sanrakshan Kosh Ain 2039 BS) was made to protect and develop the Natural Monuments of Nepal.
[1] [2] It has the Great Himalayas to the north and the Sivalik Hills to the south. It extends from the Indus River in Pakistan to the Brahmaputra Valley in North East India traversing across North India, Nepal and Bhutan. [3] The sub-range has an average elevation of 3,700–4,500 m (12,100–14,800 ft). [4]
The valleys of Nepal (Nepali: नेपालका उपत्यकाहरू) are situated in three physiographic regions: Terai, Hilly, and Himal. [1] As Nepal is landlocked by India on three sides and China 's Tibet Autonomous Region to the north, much of its population is concentrated in valleys and lowlands.
In central Nepal, the metamorphic grade increases from low (chlorite + biotite) to medium (biotite + garnet + kyanite + staurolite) towards the MCT over a north–south distance. The highest-grade rocks (kyanite and sillimanite gneisses) are found within the MCT shear zone, i.e. upper Lesser Himalaya. Arita places two thrusts (MCT I and MCT II ...