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The country lies
between 80 Degree 4’ and 88 Degree 12’ east longitude and 26 degree 22’
north latitude. The standard area of this country according to
government sources is 147181 Sq. Kms. With about 800 Kms from East to
west and about 150 Kms north to south. Nepal is a landlocked country
with Tibetan plateau in it’s north and Indian provinces in it’s east,
west and south, so it is also called "a yam caught between two rocks."
There is a large of diversity ranging from the world’s deepest gorge the
Kaligandaki gorge and the highest mountain in the world; the Mt.
Everest. The terrain belt is mostly forested keeping some urban lands to
the south. With Kathmandu as it’s capital the country is made up of
Himalayas. More than 85% of this country is made up of Rocky hills and
mountains. Rest is combination of Terrain plains with forests, rivers
etc. This country consists of three belts geographically.
Himalayan Region –
Nepali Himalaya Region covers almost 15 % of the total land. This region
is also known as mountainous region. Many ice capped mountains some of
which are more than 8000m high lie in this region. Altitude of this
region ranges from around 48754m to 8848m. it concludes Mt Everest, Cho
Oyu, Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, Manaslu, Makalu, Kanchenjunga etc along with
many many other more than 100 Mountain 360 degree from west to east
Nepal bearing many icy and rocky peaks.
Hilly Region –
Nepali Hilly Region covers almost 68% of the total land. This region is
the biggest region of Nepal. Green and blue seen forest hills are the
main geographical part of this region. Altitude of this region ranges
from around 610m to around 4875m touching the plains of Terrain region
in it’s south with Chure Hills and the Icy mountains in the north with
Mahabharat hills.
Terai Region-
Nepali terai region covers almost 17% of the total land. This region
touches India in the south and hills of Nepal with Chure Hills in the
north. This is the main cultivating land of Nepal. In terrain region,
there are a lot of flat lands appropriate for harvesting and cultivating
crops etc. a lot of this region is covered of dense forests with tall
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