Marvelous NEPAL

Location:                 Between China& India.

Area:                       147,181 Sq. Kms.

Latitude:                   26°12’ and 30°27’North.

Longitude:                 80°4’ and 88°12’ East.

Capital:                     Kathmandu.

Map of Nepal

World's Largest human flag(flag of Nepal )

Map of Great Nepal before 1947 Aug14

People:                     Over 40 Ethnic Groups& 70 Spoken languages.

Political-System:       Multiparty Democracy with Constitutional Monarch.

Topography:            From the world’s deepest gorge(Kali-Gandaki) to highest point on the earth ‘The        Everest ‘ 8,848mt.

Kali Gandaki gorge

Mt. Everest

Vegetation:              Nepal possesses some of the most outstanding bio-diversity in the world, ranging from sub-tropical rain-forests to Alpine deserts.

Weather:                 climate ranges from Tropical in the low lands to Arctic in higher altitudes.

Season:                 Winter (December-February), Summer (March-May), Monsoon (June-August), Autumn (September-November).

Monsoon:             Mostly rains at night, making the following days crispy clean and fresh. Most of the northern belt of the Tras-Himilayan zone is rain-shadowed and ideal for trekking.

National Bird:         Impean Pheasant (Danfe)  

Danfe(lophophrous)

 

National Animal:     COW

National Flower:     Rhododendron Arboreum (Lali Gurans).

One of the few countries in the world where seven World Heritage Sites are situated within 20 Kms. Of radius.

Loard Buddha’s birthplace. 

Lumbini( Buddha's birthplace) 

Endangered Species:   Tiger, Rhino ,Snow-Leopard, Red panda, Brown-bear, Assamese macaque, Gangetic dolphin, Wolf, Wild elephant, Giant horn-bill, Swamp deer, Wild Yak, Tibetan antelope, Black buck, Four horned antelope, Musk deer, Pigmy hog, Haspid hare, Pangolin, Gharial, Indian bustard, Saras crane, Impean  pheasant, Python.

Leopard

Rhino

Wildlife:               One horned rhino, Royal Bengal tiger, snow-leopard, Clouded-leopard, Red panda, Blue-sheep, Long Snouted fish eating Gharial, wild elephant, Buffalos, Bisons, Blue bull, Brown bear, Leopard, crocodiles and many verities of cat, dog, deer and antelope families and 840 different species of wet-land, migratory and residential birds.

Red Panda

Tiger

Snow leopard

A  Living Cultural Heritage:      Our heritage is alive and dynamic. Shamanism, pan-animism& witch-craft are still practiced in remote regions.

Temples, shrines, monuments and monasteries are extremely active with devotees burning butter-lamps, singing hymns, chiming temple bells and playing drums.