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The Himalayas:-

The Himalayans mountain system developed in a series of stages 30 to 50 million years ago. The Himalayan range was created from powerful earth movement that occurred as the Indian plate pressed against the Eurasian continental plate. The earth movements raised the deposits laid down in the ancient, shallow Tethys Sea to form the Himalayan ranges from Pakistan eastward across northern India, and from Nepal and Bhutan to the Myanmar border. Even today the mountains continue to develop and change, and earthquakes and tremors are frequent in the area. Physically, the Himalayas forms three parallel zones; the Great Himalayas, the Middle Himalayas, and the Sub-Himalayas, which includes the Siwalik Range and foothills and the tarai and Duars piedmont. Each of these lateral divisions exhibits certain similar topographic features. The great Himalayas, the highest zone, consists of a huge line of snowy peaks with an average height exceeding 6100 m (20,000 ft). The width of this zone,

Mount Everest:-

Mount Everest, the mountain peak in the Himalayas of northern Nepal is considered to be the highest mountain peak in the world. Mount Everest was known as Peak XV until 1856, when it was named for Sir George Everest, the surveyor general of India from 1830to 1843. Most Nepali people refer to the mountain as Sagarmatha, meaning “Forehead in the Sky.” Speakers of Tibetan language, including the Sherpa people of northern Nepal, refer to the mountain as Chomolungma, Tibetan for “Goddess Mother of the world.” Mount Everest the highest mountain in the world, with a height of 8,848m (29,035ft), rises in the Himalayas on the frontier of Nepal and Tibet. Numerous group tried to reach the summit before the successful attempt by two members of a British expedition on May 29, 1953. Mount Everest is covered with huge glaciers that descend from the main peak and its nearby satellite peaks. The mountain itself is a pyramid-shaped horn, sculpted by the erosive power of the glacial ice into thre

Cottage Industries In Nepal:-

Nepal is an old, developing country with its own artistic history. Nepal, being a poor and landlocked country, to set up many factories and industries for the employment of its people is just a dream. Many people are unemployed. It is therefore the important of cottage industries in our country can hardly be exaggerated.Men make many things out of natural things. They may be made on a small or a large scale. Artisans make these things at home on a small scale. It is called collage industry. A small amount is needed for these cottage industries. There are different types of cottage industries found to have set up in Nepal. Weaving cloth or garment is the most common of all. The other important cottage industries are spinning, cloth printing, embroidering, carpet making, carpentry, carving in wood, stones and metal, pottery, making utensils, basket making, shoe making, making of tools of iron and steel, mat-making, doll making etc. Although Nepal is a small country there are many

Wild Life In Nepal:-

Though Nepal is a relatively small country, the population of wildlife it harbors is fantastically large. With only 0.1% of th world’s total area. Nepal is home to over 4% of this planet’s are mammals an d 8% of its bird species including many, which are globally endangered. To date, 181 mammal, 43 amphibian, 100 reptile, 185 fish, 844 bird, and 635 butterfly and moth species have been documented in Nepal. The spine babbler (bird) and “Jalkapuri” (fish) have yet to be found anywhere else in the world. Similarly, the Atlas moth and a crake species recorded here are by far the largest of all their counterparts ever to be found. Diversity in landform breeds diversity in life, and Nepal is rich in both. In its firm commitment to preserve, His Majesty’s Government of Nepal has established within its territory 14 protected zones incorporating 14%(20,452 sq. km ) of its total surface area. These include the Royal Chitwan National Park. The Royal Bardiya National Park , the Annapurna

Child Labour In Nepal :-

The problems of child-labour in the developing countries like Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Shree Lanka have become a burning question of today. IN India alone there are over 100 million children employed in different work. However, Nepal also has no exception to this problem. Over half a million children are also being employed in Nepal. It is an issue of subsistence that forces the children to take up menial jobs and give up their studies at an early stage of life. The parents of the poor children find it hard to continue their education and send their children to earn something and assist the family by all means. The parents of the child laboures face great difficulties to bring up their children and as a result, sent their children to earn their livelihood. These children are really unfortunate as they are forced to take up jobs for food. The children while doing the jobs send money to their parents. In tea stalls, sweet shops, in transportation such as porters and han

Nepal’s Population Problem:-

Population in recent years is continuously multiplying in the world. This is a burning question to the developing country like ours. The problem of over-population has created a big hindrance in the path of development. Every year thousand of mouths are added to this piece of land. There are different factors for the cause of this multiplicity. The most serious cause is no education. Majority of people are uneducated and they are very unaware of the bad effects of population. The second factor is poverty. More than 50% of our people are under poverty. Their only source of income is their hands. These people, due to lack of education and poverty think that if they have more children, they can send them for work and run their family’s livelihood. The other most serious factors for this rapid growth is religious and social conventions. Old and uneducated people think that children are the blessing of god and they don’t like to stop producing children. Moreover, thinking that