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Nepal is a country of amazing
extremes. Imagine a rectangle, 500 by
150 miles (800 by 240km), divided
lengthwise into three strips. The
northernmost strip is the Himalayas;
Meaning "abode of snow," and includes
eight of ten highest mountains in the
world. The southernmost region, called
the Terai, is an extension of the
Gangetic plain of northern India,
containing, jungles with elephants,
rhinoceroses and tigers. These
inhabitants contrast markedly with the
yaks and snow leopard less than 100
miles (160 km) to the north.
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