Mountain region lies in the north part of the country. The mountainous area the country is extends from east to west. It's altitude ranges from 4877 to 8848 meters above the sea level.It consists of number of snow covered hills.The snow line is at the altitude of 5ooo meters in the east and 4000 meters at the west. It's ecosystem differs with other regions due to its altitude, structure of land , temperature andc climate.The land above 4500 meter is not favourable to vegetation due to snowfall and coldness.Due to hardship , there is slow growth of life.Thus the ecosystem of this region is very valueable and that should be conserved for the protection of living beings.
It includes about 35% of total land and 2% of cultivable land.In this region , there are dozens of Himalayan ranges like Rowling , Gaurisankar, Mahalagur, etc. and hundreds of himalayan peaks like Sagarmatha , Api , Saipal, Machhapuchhre, Dhaulagiri, etc. This regions is further divided into Main Himalayan, Inner Himalayan and Outer Himalayan region. 16 districts are in mountain region among 75 districts of Nepal. Due to geographical structure , there is difficult to run the development works . So there are no communication facilities, lack of transportations and employment .There is no crowd of people and that's why there is no adverse effect of modernization in ecosystem.
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