Geography of Nepal

Nepal is mainly divided into three geographical regions they are:

The Mountain Region

The Hilly Region

The Terai Region

These ecological belts run east west and ecological belts vertically intersected by Nepal’s major:  North -South flowing river systems.

The Hill Region: About the mountains and varies from 800 to 4,000metres in altitude with progression from subtropical climate bellows below 1,200metres to alpine climates above 3,600metres. Population density is high in valley.

The Mountain Regions:

Nepal is popular for mountaineering, containing some of the highest and most challenging mountains in the world, including Mt. Everest. The mountain Region is situated in Great Himalayan Range, makes up the northern part of Nepal. Seven other of the world’s 8000metres peaks are in Nepal: Lhotse, Makalu, Cho oyy, Kanchenjunga, Dhawalagiri, Annapurna and Manaslu.

The Terai Region:

Terai belong to bordering India is part of northern rim of Gangetic planes. There are three major rivers they are The Koshi, The Karnali and The Narayani.Chauria Range cresting at 700 to 1,000m marks in the limit of the Gangetic palm.

Sub division:

Nepal is divided into 14 zones and 75 districts grouped into five development regions. Each district is headed by a permanent chief officer responsible for maintaining law.

 Eastern Region contains three zones they are Koshi, Mechi, and Sagarmatha .The Central Region contains three zones they are Bagmati, Janakpur and Narayani. The Western Regions contains three zones they are Dhaulagiri, Gandaki, Lumbini. Mid Western Region contains three zones they are Bheri, Karnali and Rapti . Far Western Region contains two zones they are Mahakali, Seti. So these are the five development region of Nepal and 14 zones.