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Shey Phoksundo National Park is the largest and only trans-Himalayan national park in Nepal. It was established in 1984 and covers an area of 3,555 km 2 (1,373 sq mi) in the districts of Dolpa and Mugu in the Mid-Western Region, Nepal. The protected area ranges in elevation from 2,130 to 6,885 m (6,988 to 22,589 ft).
Phoksundo Lake (Nepali: फोक्सुण्डो, romanized: Phoksuṇḍo, pronounced [pʰoksuɳɖo]) is an alpine fresh water oligotrophic lake in Nepal's Shey Phoksundo National Park, located at an elevation of 3,611.5 m (11,849 ft) in the Dolpa District.
The name is derived from the 12th-century Shey Monastery and the deepest lake in Nepal, the Phoksundo Lake, both of which lie in the district. The park protects endangered animals like the snow leopard, musk deer and Tibetan wolf. The Shey Phoksundo is the largest and only trans-Himalayan National Park in Nepal. [citation needed]
Located in Nepal's spectacular Shey Phoksundo National Park in the Himalayas, Phoksundo Lake's brilliant turquoise waters are surrounded by jagged glacial mountains. MartinM303 / istockphoto 29.
Chitwan National Park – 952.63 km 2 (367.81 sq mi) Sagarmatha National Park – 1,148 km 2 (443 sq mi) Langtang National Park – 1,710 km 2 (660 sq mi) Rara National Park – 106 km 2 (41 sq mi) Khaptad National Park – 225 km 2 (87 sq mi) Shey Phoksundo National Park – 3,555 km 2 (1,373 sq mi) Bardiya National Park – 968 km 2 (374 sq mi)
Karnali Zone was the largest zone of Nepal, with two national parks. Shey Phoksundo National Park Shey Phoksundo (with Phoksundo Lake—the deepest lake of Nepal), famous for the snow leopard, is Nepal's largest park with an area of 3,555 km 2. Rara National Park surrounds Rara Lake—at 10.2 km 2, Nepal's largest lake—known as the "Pearl of ...
She Phoksundo (Nepali: शे फोक्सुण्डो गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality located in Dolpa District of Karnali Province of Nepal. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The rural municipality is divided into a total of nine wards.
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