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Nepal: Its Land and its Uses

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Nepal extends for 800 km along the Himalayas between longitudes 80° and 88° east and latitudes 26° and 30° north. The country is sandwiched between India to the south and the Tibetan region of China in the north. With an area of about 141 000 sq. km. and a population exceeding fifteen million, the kingdom is the largest Himalayan state. It has contrasting topography, relief, climate, flora and fauna.

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  1. National Planning Commission Secretariat, Kathmandu, Nepal

    J. C. Baral

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  1. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland

    F. T. Last  & B. G. Bell  & 

  2. Commission on Lead in the Environment, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    M. C. B. Hotz

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Baral, J.C. (1986). Nepal: Its Land and its Uses. In: Last, F.T., Hotz, M.C.B., Bell, B.G. (eds) Land and its Uses — Actual and Potential. NATO Conference Series, vol 10. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2169-9_42

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