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The Himalayan Region

The Himalayan region lies to the north of the hilly region. It occupies 15% of the total
land areas.

Kanchenjunga Himal Mt. Sagarmatha
The altitude ranges from 4700 m to 8848 m. The snowline is at 5000 m and the highest
peak with other peaks remain above this height covered with snow throughout the
winter and below this snowline snow remains only in winter. Many perennial rivers
originated due to these snow capped mountains. Mt. Sagar,atja, lies in this region
followed by other peaks. Such as Kanchenjunga, Makalu, Lhotse, Choyu, Dhaulagiri
and Annapurna. The topography is very uneven and the climate is extremely cold
and snowy. There are valleys formed like Mustang, Manang, etc. lying beyond the
high mountains are rain shadow areas. They remain dry due to the leeward side of
the mountains. Different kinds of vegetations are available according to its altitude,
such as pine forest, alpine and tundra vegetations are available. This region occupies
altogether 16 districts like Humla, Jumla, Rolpa, Dolpa, Rasuwa, Solukhumbu,
Taplejung, etc.

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