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world Mt. Everest height 8848 Mtrs.

• Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world at over 29,000 feet.
• The Himalayas in Nepal contains over 250 beautiful peaks which all exceed 6,000 meters in height. 
• 31 of the Himalayan peaks exceed 7,600 meters
• Himalayan Mountain range covers 80% of the land.
• There are eight peaks with a total of 19 points above 8000 metres in Nepal. 
• Fourteen mountains in the Himalaya exceed 8000 metres.
• Nepal is the only country with altitudinal variation that ranges from 70 meters to 8848 meters.
• Mount Everest though there were two local names of the mountain. e.g. Sagarmatha in Nepal and Chomolungma in Tibet.Sir Andrew Waugh announced the name 'Mount Everest' in 1865. 
• The geological age of the Himalaya is approximately 70 million years.
• Himalayan rivers are older than the Himalayan peaks.
• Ninety-five percent of earthquakes occur in mountainous regions.
• Nepal opened its borders to the world in 1949. 
• The Kali Gandaki Gorge was cut by the Kali Gandaki river which is deepest gorge in the world, is found in Nepal.
• Nepal is the 3rd largest landlocked counrty in the world by population and 22nd by area.
• The flag of Nepal is the only flag in the world that is not rectangular or not quadrilateral in shape.
• Nepal has above 8 % of the total species of birds found in the world.
•  Nepal has the densest concentration of World Heritage Sites. Kathmandu valley alone has 7 World Heritage Cultural sites within a radius of 15 kilometers.
• Nepal has the highest lake on the earth- Tilicho 4800 meters.
• Nepal has the highest valley on earth -Arun valley
• Nepal has the deepest lake (145 meter) She Phoksundo at the highest elevation (3600mt.)
• Although Nepal is famous for the Himalayas, this beautiful range of mountains also reaches into China, India, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Pakistan