Nepal Geographical Information: Nepal, a sovereign Independent Kingdom, lies between 80 degree 12' east longitude and 26 degree 22' and 30 degree 27' north latitude.
Nepal
Geographical Information: Nepal, a sovereign Independent Kingdom, lies between
80 degree 12' east longitude and 26 degree 22' and 30 degree 27' north
latitude. It is bounded on the north by the Tibet Autonomous Region of the
People's Republic of China; on the east by Sikkim and West Bengal of the Indian
Union on the south by Indian States of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and on the west
by Uttar Pradesh of Indian Union. The length of the Kingdom is 885 kilometers
east-west and its breath varies from 145 to 241 kilometers north-south.
Climatically, it lies in the temperate zone with the added advantage of
altitude.
The country
can be divided into three main geographic regions:
Himalayan
Region: The altitude of this region ranges between 4877 meters and 8848 meters
with the snow line running around 48848 meters. It includes 8 of the existing
14 summits in the world which exceed an altitude of 8000 meters. They
represent. (1) Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) 8848 m, (2) Kangchenjunga - 8586 m, (3)
Lhotse - 8516m, Makalu - 8463m, (5) ChoOyo- 8201 m, (6) Dhaulagiri - 8167m, (7)
Manaslu - 8163m, and Annapurna- 8091 m.
Mountain
Region: This region accounts for about 64 percent to total land area. It is
formed by the Mahabharat range that soars upto 4877 meters. To its south lies
the lower Churia range whose altitude varies from 610 meters to 1524 meters.
Terai Region:
The low-land Terai region which has a width of about 26 to 32 kilometers and a
maximum altitude of 305 meters, which occupies about 17% of total land area of
the country. Kechanakawal the lowest point of the country with an altitude of
70 meters lies in Jhapa District of the eastern Terai.
