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fiogf49gjkf0d NEPAL IS SITUATED IN SOUTH ASIA AND IS A LANDLOCKED
COUNTRY. IT COVERS AN AREA OF 145,391SQ KM. BORDERED
TO THE EAST, WEST AND SOUTH BY INDIA AND TO THE NORTH
BY CHINA. NEPAL MAY BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS:
THE TARAI PLAIN ON THE INDIAN BORDER, THE CHURIA FOOTHILLS
AND THE INNER TARAI ZONE, THE MID-MOUNTAIN REGION AND THE
SOUTHERN SLOPES OF THE HIMALAYA'S.
THE TARAI PLAIN IS A LOWLAND AREA, WITH ELEVATIONS BETWEEN
180 AND 360M. IT IS FLAT WITH FERTILE SOILS. THE SOUTHERN
AREA IS THE AGRICULTURAL ZONE, WHEREAS THE NORTH IS MARSHY
AND THICKLY FORESTED.
THE CHURIA HILLS ARE HEAVILY WOODED, WITH THE INNER TARAI
ZONE RISING TO THE MAHABHARAT LEKH MOUNTAIN RANGE. THIS
MOUNTAINS SYSTEM IS BETWEEN 610M AND 1219M HIGH.
SITUATED BETWEEN THE MAHABHARAT CHAIN AND THE HIMALAYA'S
LIES THE MID-MOUNTAIN AREA. THIS IS MADE UP OF A CHAIN OF
MOUNTAIN SYSTEMS RANGING BETWEEN 2438 AND 4267M. THIS
COMPLEX ENCIRCLES THE KATHMANDU AND THE POKHARA VALLEYS.
THESE VALLEYS ARE TWO FLAT BASINS, WHICH ARE IN TURN
DRAINED BY THE BAGHMATI AND THE SETI RIVERS.
THE HIMALAYA'S CONTAIN FIVE OF THE THIRTEEN HIGHEST PEAKS
IN THE WORLD; EVERST, KANCHENJUNGA, MAKALU, DHAULAGIRI AND
THE ANNAPURNA. THESE ALL REACH HEIGHTS OF MORE THAN 8047M.
THE WORLD'S HIGHEST IS EVEREST AT 8848M. NEPAL'S MAJOR
RIVERS ARE THE KOSI, GANDAK AND THE KARNALI.
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