Nepal may be a small country, but when it comes to height it is number one in the world. Mountains cover 64%of Nepal providing huge challenge in a country where 80% of people live off the land Nepal measures about 800 K.M. east -west and 230k.m. at its widest point north-south , making a total area, around 1,47,181sq k.m.Withing that small area, however is the second greatest rang of altitude on earth starting with the Terai less than 100m above sea level, and finishing in the top of Mt.everest 8848 km the world's highest point.with this come an incredible ecological diversity, where conditions chang from tropical to arctic in a mere 169km.
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