A report on Terai and Bardiya District

Aerial view of Terai plains near Biratnagar, Nepal
The light green areas indicate the Terai in Nepal
Map of the VDC/s and Municipalities (blue) in Bardiya District
Jungle in Uttarakhand

Most of Bardiya is in the fertile Terai plains, covered with agricultural land and forest.

- Bardiya District

Surkhet Valley in the Surkhet district, north of the Kailali and Bardiya districts;

- Terai
Aerial view of Terai plains near Biratnagar, Nepal

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Tharu people

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Map showing area inhabited by Tharu people in dark green
Wax statues of Tharu people in Tharu Museum, Chitwan

The Tharu people are an ethnic group indigenous to the Terai in southern Nepal and northern India.

Dangaura Tharu in the western Terai: Dang-Deukhuri, Banke, Bardia, Kailali, Kanchanpur, Rupandehi and Kapilvastu Districts;

One-horned rhinoceros in Bardiya National Park

Bardiya National Park

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Protected area in Nepal that was established in 1988 as Royal Bardia National Park.

Protected area in Nepal that was established in 1988 as Royal Bardia National Park.

One-horned rhinoceros in Bardiya National Park
Peacock displaying his plumes

Covering an area of 968 km2 it is the largest and most undisturbed national park in Nepal's Terai, adjoining the eastern bank of the Karnali River and bisected by the Babai River in the Bardiya District.

Surkhet District

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District in Karnali Province of mid-western Nepal.

District in Karnali Province of mid-western Nepal.

Kakrebihar Temple
Stone carving of Kakrebihar Temple

It borders, Achham district of Sudurpashchim, Dailekh and Jajarkot districts to the north, Salyan district to the east, Banke and Bardiya districts of Lumbini and Kailali of Sudurpaschim to the south, and Doti district of Sudurpaschim to the west.

Unlike the cold weather of the Karnali mountain region and hot weather of the Outer Terai region, Surkhet has a more moderate climate.

Kanchanpur District

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Kanchanpur District (कञ्चनपुर जिल्ला ), a part of Sudurpashchim Province in the Terai plain, is one of seventy seven districts of Nepal.

Later on after the treaty of 1860, Nepal recovered this land along with Kailali, Banke and Bardiya.

Ghaghara

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Perennial trans-boundary river originating on the Tibetan Plateau near Lake Manasarovar.

Perennial trans-boundary river originating on the Tibetan Plateau near Lake Manasarovar.

Source of Karnali River
Ghaghara River in Faizabad is also known as Sarayu river
Lake Manasarovar in Tibet near the source of the Karnali River
Ghaghra river in Sitapur
Karnali River in Humla, Nepal
Karnali River in Nepal
Fish from Karnali River on sale in a shop at Chisapani, Kailali, Nepal
Gangetic dolphin
Cable-stayed bridge over the Karnali River in Chisapani, western Nepal

The Bheri-Babai project aims to generate electricity and supply additional water to the Babai Irrigation Scheme in the Terai by diverting 40 m3/s of water from the Bheri River into the Babai River.

Within Nepal, two areas are irrigated in Bardiya District, 23.2 and 183.4 km2, and a single site is irrigated in Kailali District, 139.25 km2.

Kailali District

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Kailali District (कैलाली जिल्ला), a part of Sudurpashchim Province in Terai plain, is one of the 77 districts of Nepal.

Later on after the treaty of 1860, Nepal recovered this land along with Kanchanpur, Banke and Bardiya.