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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Name Province Height Notes Ref(s) Amphu Labtsa pass: Koshi Province: 5,845 metres (19,177 ft) [1]Cho La Pass: 5,420 metres (17,782 ft) [2]Chiyo Bhanjyang
[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]
Geologic map showing the regions and major features of the Himalayas. The Himalayas consist of four parallel mountain ranges from south to north: the Sivalik Hills on the south; the Lower Himalayas; the Great Himalayas, which is the highest and central range; and the Tibetan Himalayas on the north. [20] [21]
The Eastern Himalayas extend from eastern Nepal across Northeast India, Bhutan, the Tibet Autonomous Region to Yunnan in China and northern Myanmar. The climate of this region is influenced by the monsoon of South Asia from June to September. [1] It is a biodiversity hotspot, with notable biocultural diversity. [2] [3]