Geographical location

Latitude Latitude: 26° 22’ - 30° 27’N
Longitude= 80° 4’ 88 12¹ E
Nepal covers 0.03% of world geography. 0.31% of Asia continent and 2.82% of South asla.
Nearest reach to sea/ocean = Bay of Bengal (1127 km)
Area Nepal = (1, 47181 sq km ( 56 827 sq mile)
Area of Nepal Before Sugauli treaty = 204516sq Km
Time of Nepal is taken as 86° 1S’ E Gaurishankar himal of Dolkha Since 2042/01/01;Hight of Gaurisankar Himal is 7134m . It lies in Rolwaling Mountain Range
Time of Nepal is 5Hours 45 Minute Faster then Greenwich Mean Time.
GMT is taaken as base since 1884 AD,
Highest point = Mount Everest (8848.68m/29031 ft)
Lowest Point = Mukhiyapati Mushrniya (59m/194ft)
Land Area of Nepal: 92.94% and Water:7.06%
International Boundery = 2926km (China - 1236km and India - 1690km)
East West Length of Nepal: 885km;North south Length:193km(Maximum=145km,Minimum=241km)
Nearest Country from Nepal after India and China: Bangladesh(27km);fourth Nearest country: Bhutan(32km)
Nepal is 22nd largest Landlocked country of world in terms of Area.
Eastern Part of Nepal: Lelep Taplejung;Western Part: Dodhara Kanchanpur; Northern part of Nepal: Changla Bhanjyang Humla and Southern Part: Lodabari Jhapa.

Geographical Division of Nepal

Geography of Nepal can be divided into three geographical regions. According to Local governance operation act- 2074.

Himalayan Districts : Taplejung, Sankhuwasabha, Solukhumbu, Dolkha, Sindhupalchowk, Rasuwa, Morang, Mustang, Dolpa, Jumla, Mugu, Humla, Kalikot, Bajhang, Darchula, Dhadhing, Ramechhap, Gorkha, Rukum (East), Myagdhi (21 districts).

Hilly districts : Panchthor, Illam, Tehrathum, Dhanked, Bhojpur, Okhaldhunga, Khotang, Kavrepalanchowk, Nuwakot, Lamjung Tanahu, Kaski, Syangja, Parwat, Baglung, Palpa, Arghakhachi, Gulmi, Rukum (west) Rolpa, Pyuthan, Salyan, Jajerkot, Dailekh, Doti, Achham, Baitadi, Daleldhura,

Inner terai : Udaypur, Makwanpur, Chitwan, Sindhuli, Nawalpur, Dang, Surkhet (7)

Terai Districts : Jhapa, morang, sunsari, Saptari, Dhanusha, mahakali, Sarlahi, Rautahat, Bara, parsa, Parasi, Rupandehi, Kapilvastu, Banke, bardya, Kailali, Kanchanpur (18)

Kathmandu valley disticts : Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, lalitpur (3)

Himalayan Region

15% of Nepal’s geography lies in this region
It is situated between 3000m above sea level. 25-50 km North-South
28 famous Himalayan range of Nepal ( East to West)
Some mountain ranges of Nepal: Kanchanjanga, Janak, Umbak, Mahalangpur, Relwaling, Pumri, Jugal, Langtang, Ganesh, Serang, Kutung, Mansiri, Peri, Lugula, Damodar, Nilgiri, Annapurna, Dhawalagiri, Mustang, Gautam, Palchung, Hamga, Kanjirowa, Kanti, Gorkha, Changla, Chandi, Nalakenkar, Gurans.
This region lies on Alpine and arctic climate zone.
Potato are grown at the height of 4400m from sea level in Chunkung village of Solukhumbu district.
16% land area can only be cultivated.
Gorkha, Ramechhap, Dhading, Rukum East and Myagdi were added latter in Himalayan Region

Main Himalayas:-

Himalayas above 8000 m are found in this region.
There are 1312 mountains in Nepal above 6000m,

Inner Mountains:-

Famous Himalayan valley of this region are: Purang, Humla, Rongasar, Khumbu, Korma etc.These valleys are situated at an altitude of 2400-5000ft.
Cold temperate and decidious forests are found(treesare not so big)
Barley, Wheat, Kodo, Potato etc are grown at an altitude of 3000m.

Marginal Himalayas:-