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