Nepal

The geography of Nepal is very mountainous, it is located in the Himalayas and the northern part of the country is home to a wide range of mountains which contains Mount Everest; the tallest mountain peak in the world.  Mount Everest is just over 29,000 feet in height. This region is also the home of the  majority of the other Himalayan peaks including the other famous mountains Kanchenjunga (8,598 meters) and Dhaulagiri (8,137 meters). It hosts the seven out of ten tallest peaks in the world some of the famous peaks including Lhotse (8,516 meters), Makalu (8,485 meters) etc. In addition to the Himalayas, the geography in Nepal also hosts  two other physio graphic regions known as the ‘Hills’ and the ‘Tarai'. The Himalayas make up approximately 15% of Nepal, the Hills makes up approximately 65% and the Tarai makes up approximately 18%. The hilly region is prone to most of the climatic disasters like landslides in the rainy season due to deforestation. The geography of the Tarai makes it excellent fertile land for farming.  This zone is host to marshes, forests and wildlife such as the rhino and crocodiles. Due to this diverse land geography, the weather and climatic conditions are clearly very different within these zones.