Terai and Related Topics

Nepal

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Landlocked country in South Asia.

Mount Everest, the highest peak on earth, lies on the Nepal–China border.

This land cover map of Nepal using Landsat 30 m (2010) data shows forest cover as the dominant type of land cover in Nepal.

The greater one-horned rhinoceros roams the sub-tropical grasslands of the Terai plains.

The Himalayan monal (Danphe), the national bird of Nepal, nests high in the Himalayas.

B.P. Koirala led the 1951 revolution, became the first democratically elected Prime Minister, and after being deposed and imprisoned in 1961, spent the rest of his life fighting for democracy.

Nepal has made progress with regard to minority rights in recent years.

Traffic Police personnel manually direct traffic at the busiest roads and junctions.

Nepal is one of the major contributors to UN peacekeeping missions.

The multipurpose Kukri knife (top) is the signature weapon of the Nepali armed forces, and is used by the Gurkhas, Nepal Army, Police and even security guards.

A proportional representation of Nepal exports, 2019

Real GPD per capita development of Nepal

Tourists view a greater one-horned rhinoceros from an elephant in Chitwan National Park.

While adults are employed in slavery-like conditions abroad, hundreds of thousands of children in the country are employed as child labour (not including the agricultural sector).

Middle Marsyangdi Hydroelectric Dam. Nepal has significant potential to generate hydropower, which it plans to export across South Asia.

Historical development of life expectancy in Nepal

Bhanubhakta Acharya, Nepali writer who translated the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana in the Nepali language

A Nepali man in Daura-Suruwal, coat and Dhaka topi, displays the bhoto during the Bhoto Jatra festival.

A dal-bhat thali with boiled rice, lentil soup, fried leafy greens, vegetable curry, yoghurt, papad and vegetable salad

Nepali children playing a variant of knucklebones, with pebbles

Nepali cricket fans are renowned for an exceptionally enthusiastic support of their national team.

"Nēpāla" in the late Brahmi script, in the Allahabad Pillar inscription of Samudragupta (350-375 CE).

Nepal has a diverse geography, including fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth.

Terai–Duar savanna and grasslands

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Narrow lowland ecoregion at the base of the Himalayas, about 25 km wide, and a continuation of the Indo-Gangetic Plain in India, Nepal and Bhutan.

It is colloquially called Terai in the Ganges Basin east to Nepal, then Dooars in West Bengal, Bhutan and Assam east to the Brahmaputra River.

Geologic – Tectonic map of the Himalaya, modified after Le Fort (1988)

Inner Terai Valleys of Nepal

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Nepal topography. The green/yellow zones hold the Inner Terai valleys.

Map of the settlements in Dang-Deukhuri District

Sagarmatha zone: Udayapur district in green

The Inner Terai Valleys of Nepal comprise several elongated river valleys in the southern lowland Terai part of the country.

Uttarakhand

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State in the northern part of India.

Rope bridge across Alaknanda River at Srinagar, 1784-94 – the capital of the Garhwal Kingdom

Fort of Champawat, 1815 – the first capital of the Chand kings of Kumaon Kingdom

Uttarakhand as a part of the Ceded and Conquered Provinces

Uttarakhand as a part of Uttar Pradesh, 1950–2000

With the elevation of 7816 m above sea level, Nanda Devi is the highest mountain in Uttarakhand and the second-highest mountain in India, following Kangchenjunga in Sikkim.

With the elevation of 190 m above sea level, Sharda Sagar Reservoir is the lowest land point in Uttarakhand.

Women performing Chanchari – a popular folk dance from Danpur region in Kumaon.

Pilgrims gather for the third Shahi Snan ("royal bath") at Har Ki Pauri in Haridwar, Uttarakhand on 14 April 2010 during Haridwar Kumbh Mela.

A woman winnowing rice, an important food crop in Uttarakhand.

Garhwal Himalaya mountain range in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand.

Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun.

Mahasu Devta Temple at Hanol is notable for its traditional wooden architecture.

Architectural details of a Dharamshala, established 1822, Haridwar.

Abhisarika Nayika, a painting by Mola Ram.

The releasing of the Uttaranchal crafts map

West Himalayan Common Peacock (Papilio bianor polyctor)

View of a Bugyal (meadow) in Uttarakhand

Har Ki Doon, a high-altitude hanging valley

Rishikesh view and 13 stories Shiva temple across Lakshman Jhula bridge over the Ganges

Kedarnath Temple is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas

Uttarakhand is known for the natural environment of the Himalayas, the Bhabar and the Terai regions.

Uttar Pradesh

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State in northern India.

Uttar Pradesh is the largest subdivion by population in the world. The red area has a smaller population than Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha), the lower house of the bicameral legislature.

Sown saplings of rice in a paddy; located in the rich fertile Indo-Gangetic Plain, agriculture is the largest employment generator in the state.

IT premise in Noida, which is known for infrastructure and services, as well as high-end housing complexes.

Indian field hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand

JRHU is the world's first school for the handicapped

Central Drug Research Institute, an autonomous multidisciplinary research institute

The battle of Kurukshetra, folio from the Mahabharata

Devotees inside Krishna temple during Lathmaar Holi

Uttar Pradeshi thali with naan, sultani dal, raita, and shahi paneer

Paan (betel leaves) being served with silver foil

Anandabodhi tree in Jetavana Monastery, Sravasti

A hybrid nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) showing nectar spur, found mainly in Hardoi district

The threatened Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) is a large fish-eating crocodilian found in the Ganges River

The larger Gangetic Plain region is in the north; it includes the Ganges-Yamuna Doab, the Ghaghra plains, the Ganges plains and the Terai.

172 e6acre fertile plain encompassing northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, including most of northern and eastern India, around half of Pakistan, virtually all of Bangladesh and southern plains of Nepal.