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 Nepal
has
nine
National
Parks
and
four
Wildlife
Reserves.
About
15,000
square
kilometers
amounting
to
almost
18
percent
of
the
total
area
is
protected.
This
is
an
amazing
commitment
to
conservation.
The
Terai
lowlands
are
defined
by a
belt
of
well-watered
floodplains
stretching
from
the
Indian
border
northward
to
the
first
slopes
of
the
Bhabhar
and
the
Siwalik
Range.
This
is
the
richest
habitat
in
the
land
with
tall
grasslands
interspersed
with
riverine
and
hardwood
Sal
Forest.
Here
one
can
see
wildlife
such
as
the
swamp
deer,
musk
deer,
black
buck,
blue
bull,
the
Royal
Bengal
Tiger,
gharial
and
marsh
mugger
crocodile
and
the
last
of a
breed
of
Asiatic
wild
buffalo.
Parks
and
Reserves
are
also
rich
in
bird
species
with
a
variety
of
babbles
and
orioles,
koels
and
drongos,
peacocks
and
floricans,
and
a
multitude
of
wintering
wildfowl. |
