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Chitwan National Park is the first national park of Nepal. It was established in 1973 as the Royal Chitwan National Park and was granted the status of a World Heritage Site in 1984. [ 1 ] It covers an area of 952.63 km 2 (367.81 sq mi) in the subtropical Inner Terai lowlands of south-central Nepal in Nawalpur , Chitwan , Makwanpur and Parsa ...
The village is the eastern gateway to the nearby and large Chitwan National Park, that protects part of the Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands ecoregion.. It is near the East Rapti River, and 23 km (14 mi) east of Narayangarh city.
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Greater one-horned rhinoceros at Chitwan, Nepal.. Chitwan National Park is a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nepal.The park contains significant breeding populations of more than 68 mammalian species, out of which 14 are threatened according to the IUCN Red List. [1]
This wetlands area is part of the Bharandabhar biological corridor, is of international importance. This is a typical oxbow lake system of the sub-tropical inner terai Nepal, which serves as a linkage between Chitwan National Park in the South and Mahabharat hills up to Annapurna mountain range in the North.
Bishazari Tal, also spelled Beeshazar Tal, is an extensive oxbow lake system in the buffer zone of the Chitwan National Park, a protected area in the Inner Terai of central Nepal. This wetland covers an area of 3,200 ha (7,900 acres) at an altitude of 286 m (938 ft).
Nepal topography. The green/yellow zones hold the Inner Terai valleys. The Terai has a humid, subtropical climate. The mean annual rainfall at the Rampur weatherstation in Chitwan was 2,214 mm (87.2 in) between 1995 and 2006. More than 80% of the total annual rainfall occurs during the monsoon season from June to September. Average temperatures ...
Upardanggadhi. Chitwan Valley was an independent kingdom before Nepal was unified in the late 18th century, its historic capital having been Upardanggadhi.Until the beginning of the 20th century, the main part of the Chitwan Valley was under forest and sparsely populated by ethnic groups, such as the Tharu, Danuwar, Darai and Majhi people who had acquired some resistance against the infectious ...