Nepal is roughly has a rectangular in shape. It runs in direction of northwest-southeast, expanding about 850km from west to east, and 200 km from north to south. There are eight of world’s ten highest mountains, including Mount Everest, which is known as the highest one in the world located at the foot of the Himalayas, Nepal.
Map of Nepal and Neighbouring Countries
Having a border line of 2400 km, Nepal is fenced by China to the north and India to the east, west and south.
Map of Nepal Location in Asia and the World
Nepal is not placed in Tibet China. The truth is, it is a free landlocked country in South Asia, which lies amid India and Tibet China.
Nepal shares its boundary with India and China, …show more content…
Nepal is located in South Asia between China in the north and India in the south, east and west. While the total land area is 147,181 square kilometres (56, 827 square mi) ( including water area of the country that is 3,830 square kilometres). The geographical coordinates are 28°00’N 84°00’E. For a small country, Nepal has tremendous geographic diversity. It rises from as low as 59 metres (194 ft) elevation in the tropical Terai—the northern rim of the Gangetic Plain, beyond the perpetual snow line to some 90 peaks over 7,000 metres (22,966 ft) including the highest point in the country 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) Mount Everest or Sagarmatha. The country can be divided into three main geographical regions: Himalayan region, mid hill region and Terai …show more content…
Kechana Kalan, the lowest point of the country with an altitude of 60 m, lies in Jhapa district of the eastern Terai. The southern lowland Terai continues to the Bhabar belt covered with the Char Kose Jhadi forests known for rich wildlife. Further north, the Siwalik zone (700 – 1,500 m) and the Mahabharat range (1,500 – 2,700 m) give way to the Duns (valleys), such as Trijuga, Sindhuli, Chitwan, Dang and Surkhet. The Midlands (600 – 3,500 m), north of the Mahabharat range is where the two beautiful valleys of Kathmandu and Pokhara lie covered in terraced rice fields, and surrounded by forested watersheds.
Pahad is a mountain region which doesn't generally contain snow.It is situated south of the Himal, the Pahad is mostly betw altitude. This region begins at the Mahabharat Range (Lesser Himalaya) where a fault system called the Main Boundary Thrust creates an escarpment 1,000 to 1,500 metres (3,000 to 5,000 ft) high, to a crest between 1,500 and 2,700 metres (5,000 and 9,000 ft). These steep southern slopes are nearly