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Summary

1. The total number of people living in a particular place at a time is regarded as
population size. It can also be said as total number of people in a country.
2. Census is conducted in every ten years interval in Nepal. It has been conducted
regularly in Nepal since last 100 years.
3. Environment includes physical, biological and socio-cultural aspects which are
related to our life.
4. Ecosystem is the structural and functional unit in which there is inter-relationship
between biotic and abiotic components of environment.
5. Mountain region has very difficult land topography and very cold climate. Hilly
region has hills, slopy areas and moderate climate whereas terai region has plain
land, hot and humid climate.
6. Mountain region lies in the northern part of Nepal which covers 35% of total area
of Nepal.
7. Due to land structure, climate and temperature, there is diversity in ecosystem of
mountain region and they have special features as well.
8. The soil in mountain region is formed from sedimentory rocks and lacks humus,
phosphorus, calcium , iron, lime, etc.
9. There is presence of many cultural heritages like Muktinath, Gosainkunda, Pathivara,
Kalinchowk, Chandan Nath, Tse gumba,Tangboche gumba etc. in the mountain region.
10. Mountain region has geographical difficultly, lack of facilities like health services,
education, transportation, communication, electricity, etc.
11. Hilly region lies in the middle part of Nepal in between mountain and terai region.
It covers 42% of the total area of Nepal and is extended from east to west.
12. Terai region lies in the southern part of Nepal which covers 23% of total area of
Nepal. It is also extended from east to west with the breadth of (25-30) km.
13. Elephant, rhinoceros, tiger, leopard, deer, black buck, fox, buffalo, monkey, etc. Are
found in the dense forest of terai region.
14. Terai region has diversity in socio-economic aspects. People like Yadav, Rajbanshi,
Tharu, Satar, Mushahar, Jha, Majhi, Danuwar, Muslims, Rajput, Dhimal, etc. live in
terai region.
15. Terai region has more industrialization. Many big industries, commercial hubs,
factories have been established in terai.
16. Mountain region has very difficult land topography. It consists of mountains, steep
slopes and rocky areas. So, it is very hard to conduct development activities there.
17. People in mountain region need to do scientific farming, rotate crops, do terrace
farming etc. in mountain region.
18. Random collection of medicinal plants and destruction of other plants cause
decrease in their number. Hence, many of them become rare.
19. Development activities in terai region should be conducted in a sustainable way.
There should be conservation of forest, land water while conducting development
works in terai region.
20. The efforts made for the effective management and conservation of resources in
environment are called management and conservation of resources.
21. The measures adopted for avoiding erosion of soil is called land conservation.
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