!!!Nepal: Geography
||Location|Southern Asia, between China and India
||Geographic Coordinates|28 00 N, 84 00 E[{GoogleMap location='28.0,84.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''147,181 sq km\\''land: ''143,351 sq km\\''water: ''3,830 sq km__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 147181\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 147181\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 140800\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 140800\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 147181\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 147181''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''2,926 km\\''border countries: ''China 1,236 km, India 1,690 km
||Coastline|0 km (landlocked)
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Kanchan Kalan 70 m\\''highest point: ''Mount Everest 8,850 m (highest point in Asia)
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Mount Everest 8848 m; Kangchenjunga 8586 m; Kangchenjunga West 8505 m; Lhotse 8501 m; Makalu 8462 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Mount Everest 8848 m; Kanchenjunga 8586 m; Makalu 8463 m; Dhaulagiri 8167 m; Manaslu 8163 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Mountains|Geography/Asia/Nepal/Geography/Important_Mountains]
||Terrain|Tarai or flat river plain of the Ganges in south, central hill region, rugged Himalayas in north
||Natural Hazards|severe thunderstorms; flooding; landslides; drought and famine depending on the timing, intensity, and duration of the summer monsoons
||Natural Resource|quartz, water, timber, hydropower, scenic beauty, small deposits of lignite, copper, cobalt, iron ore
||Land Use|''arable land: ''16%\\''permanent crops: ''0.8%\\''other: ''83.2% (2011)
||Climate|varies from cool summers and severe winters in north to subtropical summers and mild winters in south
||Irrigated Land|11,680 sq km (2003)
||Renewable Water Resources|210.2 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|deforestation (overuse of wood for fuel and lack of alternatives); contaminated water (with human and animal wastes, agricultural runoff, and industrial effluents); wildlife conservation; vehicular emissions
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''Marine Life Conservation
||Large Cities|Kathmandu; Pokhara; Lalitpur; Biratnagar; Birganj\\Kathmandu; Pokhara; Patan; Biratnagar; Birganj\\ __[[List Verified]__\\__Explanation:__ "The official name of Patan is Lalitpur"\\[Important Cities|Geography/Asia/Nepal/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|landlocked; strategic location between China and India; contains eight of world's 10 highest peaks, including Mount Everest and Kanchenjunga - the world's tallest and third tallest - on the borders with China and India respectively