Information about Water Resources of Nepal- Links

• Wetlands of Nepal
• Major Waterfall of Nepal
• Lakes in Nepal ad their locations.
• Glaciers of Nepal
• Some information about Lakes in Nepal
• Places of Nepal in River Banks
• Historical and Ancient names of some Rivers of Nepal.
• Major Rivers of Nepal -Karnali
• Major rivers of Nepal-Saptagandaki
• Major Rivers of Nepal- Saptakoshi
• Water Resources of Nepal
• Quiz about water and River Resources of Nepal

Wetlands of Nepal

There are 9 places which are included in Ramsar, as wetlands of Nepal. 

1. Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserves
2. Bishazari Lake,Chitwan
3. Ghodaghodi Lake,Kailali
4. Jagadispur Reservoir,Kapilvastu
5. Sagarmatha National Park (Gokyo Lake),Solukhumbu 
6. Shey-Phoksundo,Dolpa
7. Rara National Park(Rara Lake), Mugu
8. Gosaikunda Lake,Rasuwa
9. Maipokhari,Illam. 

What is Ramsar Convention ? 
The Ramsar Convention is formally the convention on the conservation of wetlands of international importance and it was signed on February 2, 1971 in the Ramsar city of Iran.

1. How many countries are the part of Ramsar Conventions ?169
2. World's first Ramsar site was ? Cobourg Peninsula in Australia, designated in 1974
3. The largest site of wetlands are ? The largest Sites are Ngiri-Tumba-Maindombe in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Queen Maud Gulf in Canada; these Sites each cover over 60,000 square kilometres.
4. The countries with maximum number of wetlands site ? United Kingdom with 170 and Mexico with 142. 
5. Which country have largest area under Ramsar Protections? Bolivia, 148,000 Sq. Km
6. How many wetland area are noted in Nepal? 327
7. How much area is covered by 9 area listed from Nepal in Ramsar Protection area? 34455 Hector
8. When is World Wetland Day celebrated ? Feb 2
9. World wetland day was celebrated from 1985, from when Nepal started celebrating this day? 1991
10. Where is the head office of Ramsar ?Switzerland
11. How much percent of world land is wetland? around 9%

Major Waterfall of Nepal

Which is the biggest waterfall of Nepal ? -Hyatrung . 365 M long. 
Where is the biggest waterfall in Nepal? Terathum District. 
Others Waterfall are: 

1. Tiptala Waterfall: Taplejung
2. Rupse (Jharna)Water fall: Myagdi
3. David Falls: Pokhara,Kaski
4. Waterfall of Panch Pokhari:: Ramechap
5. Waterfall of Mewa river:
6. Todkeko (Jharna) Waterfall: Illam

Lakes in Nepal ad their locations.

Lakes	District or Place
Fewa,Rupa,Begnas,Dipang,Maidi	Kaski
Gosaikunda,Dudhkunda	Rasuwa
Satyawati,Suke	Palpa
Rara	Mugu
Baraha Pokhari,Rautaha Pokhari	Udaypur
Phoksundo	Dolpa
Bishazari,Gaduwa ,Nandabhauju,Lami	Chitwan
Padena Daha	Argakhachi
Giri Daha,Bista Daha	Jumla
Rani Pokhari,Kamal Pokhari,Nag Pokharai,Taudaha,Gahana Pokhari	Kathmandu
Kamini Daha	Bara
Bhairav Kunda	Nuwakot
Suke Pokhari,Jor Pokharai	Panchthar
Bulbule	Surkhet
Rudra .Jalpa	Baglung
Jakhira Taal	Dang
Siddha Pokhari	Bhojpur
Mai Pokhari	Illam
Kuvinde Daha	Salyan
Raja Rani Pokhari	Dhankuta
Jata Pokhari and Bhoot Pokhari	Ramechap
Jhilmile Taal ,Naini Taal	Kanchanpur
Surma Sarovar	Bhajang
Ghodaghodi Taal	Kailali
Jalim Pokhari	Solukhumbu
Damodar Kunda	Mustang

Glaciers of Nepal

1. Glaciers at highest altitude of the world ? Khumbu
2. How much deep is Khumbu Glacier ? 400m
3. Hanku,Nagumpa,Dholamba,Gojumpa,Tharpuchuli Amadablam,Langtang,Nopchu,Yalung,Hidden Valley are other glaciers of Nepal. 

Image of Khumbu Glacier

Some information about Lakes in Nepal

1. Where is Fewa lake? Pokhara,Kaski District
2. Area of Fewa lake ? 435 Hector
3. Length,Breadth and Height : 4.8 K.M,1.5 K.M and 24 m respectively.
4. Fewa lake is famous for its scenery and boating. 
5. Which temple is located in middle of Fewa Lake ? Barahi
6. Where is Rara lake situated ? Mugu Districts 
7. Altitude of Rara lake from Mean Sea Level ? 3200 m
8. Rara lake is also called Mahendra lake. 
9. Area covered by Rara lake :- 10.8 Sq K.M
10. Length,Breadth and Height of Rara lake:-5.2 k.m,2.4 k.m,167 m in height.
11. Where is Gosaikunda lake situated ? Rasuwa District
12. At what altitude Gosaikunda is located from MSL ? 4602 m
13. Gosaikunda lake if famous for religious values. 
14. Which lake is located on highest altitude of Nepal? Tilicho Lake
15. Where is Tilicho Lake ? Manang District
16. At what height Tilicho  lake is located ?4919m
17. Tilicho lake is 4 km long and 1.2 km wide.
18. Where is Bishazari lake ? Chitwan
19. Area covere by Bishazari lake ? 150 Hector
20. Where is Rupa Lake and Begnas Lake :Kaski
21. Area of Rupa Lake ? 120 Hector
22. How deepest is Rupa Lake ? 4.5 m
23. Begnas lake is 7.5 m deep,at what altitude is located ?677m
24. Where is Phoksundo lake?Dolpa
25. Where is Indrasarowar lake located ?Makwanpur
26. Who built Rani Pokhari? Pratap Malla
27. Where is Bulbule Lake:Surkhet
28. Where is Jhilmila Lake ? Kanchanpur
29. Where is Nag Daha ? Lalitpur
30. Bahula Pokhari is located at Sindupalchowk
31. Jakhira lake is biggest lake of Lumbini zone and is located in which district ? Kapilvastu
32. Where is Rani Lake ? Kanchanpur
33. Gajedi Lake is located in Gajedi VDC of Rupandehi district.
34. Where is Surma SArowar ?Bajhang
35. Dudh Pokhai is located at Lamjung
36. Where is Mai Pokhari ? Illam

Places of Nepal in River Banks

             Cities:Rivers

1. Kathmandu:Bagmati
2. Damak:Ratuwa
3. Dhanusha:Hardinath
4. Bhadrapur:Mechi
5. Pokhara:Seti
6. Mahendranagar:Mahakali
7. Tumlingtar: Arun
8. Jumla:Tila
9. Butwal:Tinau
10. Dhangadi:Mohana
11. Birendranagar:Nikash Khola
12. Biratnagar:Bakraha
13. Tulsipur:Patukhola

Historical and Ancient names of some Rivers of Nepal

1. Arun:Mahaprabha
2. Karnali:Pancheswori
3. Manohara:Manimati
4. Dhobikhola: Rudramati
5. Trishuli:Haraganga ,Dharmadhara
6. Tukucha:Ichumati
7. Daraudi:Biswadhara
8. Hanumante: Hanumanti
9. Marshyangdi: Sitprabha
10. Budigandaki:Yasodhara

Major Rivers of Nepal -Karnali

1. Longest River of Nepal :- Karnali
2. Second biggest river after Saptakoshi : Karnali
3. Total length of Karnali :-507 K.M
4. Coverage of Karnali River: Dhaulagiri Mountain on East to West of Nepal
5. Assistant River of Karnali: Total 7 (Humla Karnali,Mugu Karnali,Thulo Bheri,Sano Bheri,Seti,Tila and Budiganga)
6. Smallest and Biggest assiting rivers:
7. Origin of  Humla Karnali:Tibet
8. Origin of Mugu Karnali : Ladhak Mountain
9. Origin of river Seti :Api,Saipal and Byas Mountain
10. Origin of Kaligandaki:-Kanjirowa Mountain
11. Origin of Sano Bheri :- Dhaulagiri Mountain
12. Annual water flow Capacity:-1316 Cubic Meter Per Sec
13. Karnali river in India is called :-Ghagra
14. Electricity generating capacity:-32000 MW

Other two major Rivers are Saptakoshi and Saptagandaki

Major rivers of Nepal-Saptagandaki

1. Total length of Satagandaki:338 k.m
2. Deepest river of Nepal;-Saptagandaki
3. Assistant Rivers:Total 7(Kaligandaki,Budigandaki,Setigandaki,Madi,Daraudi,Marshyangdi and Trishuli)
4. Biggest and smallest assisting rivers: Kaligandaki and Trishuli respectively.
5. Coverage of Satagandaki :Lantang in the East to Dhaulagiri Mountain in the West.
6. Origin of Kaligandaki: Mustang Bhot Mountain
7. Origin of Madi:Annapurna Mountain
8. Origin of Daraudi: Manaslu Mountain
9. Historical name of Kaligandaki :Hariganga
10. Historical  name of river Trishuli: Haraganga
11. Kaligandaki and Trishuli mixes in place Devghat and is called Harihar Area (Religious Place)
12. The only river where we can find Shaligram in the world ? Kaligandaki
13. The deepest gorge of the World ?:-The gorge of Kaligandaki (18000 ft),Myagdi,Dana VDC
14. Electricity generating capacity of Saptagandaki ? -21000 MW
15. Annual water flow Capacity :-1713 Cubic Meter Per Sec

Other 2 main rivers of Nepal are Saptakoshi and Karnali