Geographical Nicknames of Different country.

Land of Lakes: Finland
Land of Golden Fleece:Russia
Land of Marbles: Italy
Land of Cakes:Scotland
Land of Rising Sun: Japan
Land of Setting Sun: UK
Land of White Elephant: Thailand
Land of Thunder Storm: Bhutan
Land of Golden Temple: Amritsahar (India)
Land of Morning Calm: Korea
Land of Midnight Sun: Norway
Land of Seven Rivers: Punjab(India)
Lamp of History:Greece
Sorrow of Bengal: Damodar River
City of Seven Hills: Rome, Italy
City of Sky Crappers: New York
Pearl of Orient: Singapore
Sickman of Europe: Turkey
Holly Land :Jerusalem
Cockpit of Europe: Belgium
Forbidden City: Lhasa (Tibet)
Playground of Europe: Switzerland.
Dwarf City: Netherlands
Roof of the World: Tibet
City of Temples: Kathmandu

Computer Storage Units

Bit = 0,1
8 Bits = Bytes
1024 Bytes = 1 Kilobytes(KB)
1024 KB = 1 Megabytes(MB)
1024 MB = 1 Gigabytes(GB)
1024 GB = 1 Terabytes (TB)
1024 TB = 1 Petabytes (PB)
1024 PB = 1 Exabytes (EB)
1024 EB = 1 Zettabytea(ZB) 

Bit is the smallest unit of data storage. 

Wildlife Reserves of Nepal

There are three wildlife reserves in Nepal. 

1. Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserves
2. Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserves
3. Parsa Wildlife Reserves

.................Questions related to Wildlife reserves ......................................................................

1. In which district Shulaphanta Wildlife Reserves lies ? Kanchanpur ,Mahakali
2. When was  Shulaphanta Wildlife Reserves established ? 1976 AD (2033 BS)
3. Total area covered by  Shulaphanta Wildlife Reserves is 305 Sq. KM
4. The reserves range from 90 m to 270 m in height above mean sea level. 
5. How many types of Bird Species are found in  Shulaphanta Wildlife Reserves ? More than 375.
6.  Shulaphanta grassland in Nepal's biggest grassland area of 54 Sq. Km
7. When was Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve Established ? 1976 A.D (2032 BS)
8. Koshi Tappu lies in between Sunsari and Saptari. The place is called Kusaha. 
9. Total area covered by Koshi Tappu ? 175 Sq. KM
10. The height range from 100m to 150 m above MSL. 
11. More than 490 bird species are found in Koshi Tappu Wild life reserves. 
12. Koshi Tappu Wildlife reserves is listed in Ramsar protection area, when was it listed ? 1987 AD
13. Parsa Wildlife Reserves is spread along Parsa,Makwanpur, and some area of Chitwan. 
14. When was Parsa wildlife reserve established ? 1984 A.D (2041 B.S)
15. Area of Parsa Wildlife Reserves ?499 Sq. KM
16. Altitude variation of Parsa Wildlife Reserve : 500 m to 950 m
17. Biggest Wildlife Reserve of Nepal? Parsa Wildlife Reserves. 
18. Smallest wildlife reserve ? Koshi Tappu
19. Which reserve of Nepal is famous for bird habitat ? Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserves.
20. Before Parsa Wildlife Reserve was named it was called CharKoshe Jhadi. 

National Parks of Nepal

The National Park is the area established to protect is resources and habitat. There are 10 National Parks in Nepal, 3 Wildlife Reserves,6 conservation area and 1 Hunting Reserve. 

National Parks:

1. Chitwan National Park
2. Shey-Phoksundo National Park
3. Langtang National Park
4. Sagarmatha National Park
5. Rara National Park
6. Khaptad National Park
7. Bardiya National Park
8. Makalu Barun National Park
9. Shivapuri National Park
10. Banke National Parkes

Wildlife Reserves: 

1. Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserves
2. Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserves
3. Parsa Wildlife Reserves

Conservation Area: 

1. Annapurana Conservation Area
2. Kanchanjunga Conservation Area
3. Manaslu Conservation Area
4. Krishnasar Conservation Area
5. Api Conservation Area
6. Gaurishankar Conservation Area

Hunting Reserve

1. Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve

• Which is the first national park of Nepal ? Chitwan National Park. 
• When was Chitwan National Park established ?1973 A.D(2030 B.s)
• Area of CNP ? 932 sq. KM
• When was CNP listed in World Heritage site  by UNESCO ? 1984 AD
• What is the total area  of Nepal covered by 10 National Parks ? 10835 sq. km
• Biggest national park of Nepal: Shey Phoksundo National Park
• Total area of Shey Phoksundo National Park :-3555 Sq KM
• Shey Phoksundo national park was established in 1984 A.D(2040B.S)
• Shey Phoksundo national park lies in Dolpa and Mugu Districts. 
• When was langtang national park established? 1976 AD (2031 BS) 
• Area of LNP ? 1710 Sq.Km
• Langtang national park is the first national park established in Himalaya region. 
• Sagarmatha national park was established in 1976 AD (2032 BS)
• Area of SNP ? 1148 Sq Km
• When was SNP listed in world heritage site ? 1979 AD
• Sagarmatha National Park is highest altitude national park in the World due mount everest. 
• Where is Rara National Park ? Mugu with major area and Jumla with least area of Karnali Zones.
• Area of Rara National Park ? 106 Sq. KM
• When was Rara national park established ?1976 AD (2032 BS)
• Where is Khaptad National Park ? Bhajang, Bajura,Doti and Accham
• When was Khaptad National Park established ?1984 (2042 BS)
• Area covered by Khaptad National Park ? 225 Sq. Km
•  When was Bardia National Park established ? 2032 BS
• Bardia National Park is located in Bardia district of Bheri Zone. 
• Area of BNP ? 968 Sq. KM
• Makalu Barun national park was established in 1991 AD (2049 BS)
• Area of MBNP ? 1500 Sq. KM
• Total area of Shivapuri-Nagarjun National Park ? 159 Sq. KM
• SNNP was established in 2002 AD (2058)
• Banke National Park was established in 2067 BS
•  Total area of Banke National Park: 550 Sq. KM

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