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Nepal was one of the first countries to recognise an independent Bangladesh, and the two countries seek to enhance greater cooperation, on trade and water management; seaports in Bangladesh, being closer, are seen as viable alternatives to India's monopoly on Nepal's third-country trade. [171] Nepal was the first South Asian country to ...
For a country of its size, Nepal has tremendous geographic diversity. It rises from as low as 59 metres (194 ft) elevation in the tropical Terai —the northern rim of the Gangetic Plain , through beyond the perpetual snow line to 90 peaks over 7,000 metres (22,966 ft) including Earth's highest (8,848-metre (29,029 ft) Mount Everest or ...
The name "Nepal" is first recorded in texts from the Vedic period of the Indian subcontinent, the era in ancient Nepal when Hinduism was founded, the predominant religion of the country. In the middle of the first millennium BC, Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was born in Lumbini in southern Nepal.
Nepal: Lapche Pass, Karnali Province: 30°26′N Kuwait: Border with Iraq: 30°06′N Myanmar: Watershed of the Irrawaddy: 28°32′N Bhutan: North of Lunana: 28°20′N Western Sahara: Border with Morocco: 27°40′N Mauritania: Tiris Zemmour Region: 27°19′N Bahamas: Walker's Cay, Abaco Islands: 27°16′N Bangladesh: Tetulia, Panchgar
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.
It primarily denotes Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan; some definitions also include Afghanistan and Myanmar. [1] [2] Two countries—Bhutan and Nepal—are located almost entirely within the mountain range, which also covers southern Tibet, the Indian Himalayan Region, and northern Pakistan. [3]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 February 2025. This is a list of countries and territories by their average elevation above sea level based on the data published by Central Intelligence Agency, unless another source is cited. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO ...
Of all countries, Lesotho has the world's highest low point at 1,400 metres (4,593 ft). Other countries with high low points include Rwanda 950 metres (3,117 ft) and Andorra 840 metres (2,756 ft). Countries with very low high points include Maldives 5 metres (16 ft), Tuvalu, 5 metres (16 ft) and the Marshall Islands 10 metres (33 ft). These ...