Physical and Physiological Description Of Nepal

Physically, Nepal has diverse and unique physical features. there are three major types of physical features in Nepal i.e the Mountain, the Hill and the Terai horizontally distributed from north to south. The Tarai belt is an extensive flat land that extends from the far east to the far west. The Hill consist of river basins,valley,tar,upland slopes with various types of physical features. The Mountain lies in the northern most part of the country. It has very beautiful mountain peaks of various elevation.

This arrangements of the major physical features of the country are cut by various rivers flowing from north to south. The three major rivers namely Koshi, Gandaki and Karnali have disected the country resulting in great physical diversity throughout the country.

Physiography refers to the surface land form characteristics. Physiography of Nepal has been mainly divided on the basis of river, relief, structure, altitude and geographical distribution. Nepal has diverse geological and geographical structure. The Country has thousand of  rivers flowing from north to south forming gorges, river basins and valley. There is a maximum relief, steep slope and rugged terrain that have resulted in distinct landforms topography.