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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)
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.
Makalu Barun National Park is a national park in the Himalayas of Nepal that was established in 1992 as the eastern extension of Sagarmatha National Park. It is the world's only protected area with an elevation gain of more than 8,000 m (26,000 ft) enclosing tropical forest as well as snow-capped peaks.
The area was a favourite hunting ground for Nepal's ruling class and was declared a Royal Hunting Reserve in 1969. In 1973, the area was gazetted as Royal Shukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve , initially comprising 155 km 2 (60 sq mi), and extended to its present size in the late 1980s. [ 3 ]
Parsa National Park is a national park in the Terai of south-central Nepal covering an area of 627.39 km 2 (242.24 sq mi) in the Parsa, Makwanpur and Bara Districts and ranging in elevation from 435 to 950 m (1,427 to 3,117 ft) in the Sivalik Hills. It was established as a wildlife reserve in 1984 and received national park status in 2017.
The Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve is a protected area in the Terai of eastern Nepal covering 176 km 2 (68 sq mi) of wetlands in the Sunsari, Saptari and Udayapur Districts.It comprises extensive reed beds and freshwater marshes in the floodplain of the Kosi River, and ranges in elevation from 75 to 81 m (246 to 266 ft).
The Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows covers an area of 70,200 square kilometres (27,100 sq mi), extending from the Kali Gandaki Gorge in central Nepal westwards across Uttarakhand and eastern Himachal Pradesh states of India to the gorge of the Sutlej River, and into southwestern Tibet. The alpine shrub and meadows lie between ...
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