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Lesson      Landlocked Countries:
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                     Their Problems and Solutions



                                       The majority of landlocked countries are struggling from
                           FACTS       poverty. But European landlocked countries are mostly
                        to Understand  developed because of short distances to the sea through
                                       well-developed transient Countries.
































                                    Map of our landlocked country, Nepal

          The country which is surrounded by landforms from all sides is called landlocked
          country. Such a country is not bordered by any seas and the oceans. Nepal is also
          a landlocked country. It is surrounded by India from east, west and south and
          China from the North. The nearest sea is the Bay of Bengal which is about 500
          km from the border.

          There are many landlocked countries in the world. The name of such countries
          are given below:

          Asia: 10

          1.   Nepal                  2.    Laos                  3.    Mangolia
          4.   Bhutan                 5.    Afghanistan           6.    Kazakhstan

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