Nepal

By: Henry Schwarz

Geography• Capital: Kathmandu.• Other major cities:

none.• Area: Around the size of

Arkansas • Land of Terrain: Tarai or

flat river plain of the Ganges in south, central hill region, rugged Himalayas in north.

Economy

• Currency: Nepalese Rupees• Imports: petroleum products, machinery and

equipment, gold, electrical goods, medicine.• Exports: clothing, pulses, carpets, textiles,

juice, pashima, jute goods.

Interesting Facts

• Fact 1: Nepal has the greatest altitude of any location on Earth.

• Fact 2: The Himalayas was formed 10–15 million years ago.

• Fact 3: The mountain known as Mount Everest was named after a British man named: George Everest in 1863.

Bibliography

• http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/np.htm (maps)

• https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/np.html (CIA Factbook)

• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/nepal/ (National Geographic Kids)

• http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/nepal-facts/ (National Geographic)

• http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0107820.html (Fact Monster)