Nepal's ecological zones run east to west and are vertically
divided by rivers. Eight of the 14 eight-thou sanders of the world lie in Nepal,
they are Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest 8848 m) ,Kanchanjjunga(8586m), Lhotse(8516m)
,Makalu (8463m) ,Chooyu (8201m) , Dhaulagiri(8167m), Manaslu(8163m) ,and
Annapurna (8091m) .The inner Himalayan valleys such as Mustang and Dolpa (above
3600) are cold deserts sharing topographical characteristics with the Tibetan
plateau.
Nepal has five
seasons such as spring, summer, monsoon, autumn, and winter. Nepal is such a
country which is famous and so called ''water towers of south Asia'' with it's
6000 rivers which are snow-fed. Out of 163 wetlands ,9 are globally recognized
as Ramsar sites.
There are more than 30 natural caves in the country out of
which only a few are accessible by road. The Maratika cave also known as
HAleshi is a pilgrimage site associated with Buddhism and Hinduism. There are
136 ecosystem is confined to 11 bio-climatic zones and 9 eco-regions that are
defined by ecological features , climate and plant and animal communities.
Comprising only 0.1%
of land area on a global scale, Nepal possesses a disproportionately rich
biodiversity of the total number of species found globally, Nepal possesses
2.80% plants,3.96% mammals,3.72% butterflies, and 8.90% birds. Of 6391 species
of flowering plants recorded in Nepal, 399 are endemic. Nepal has 16 protected
areas covers 19.67% of its land compared to the global average of 11% .Each of
the 9 national parks,3 wild life reserves, 3 conservation areas and one hunting
reserve cover various geographical locations from the sub-tropical jungles of
the tarai to the arctic conditions of the Everest Region.
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