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Parks & Reserves / National Parks and Wildlife Reserves in Nepal
Nepal has nine National Parks and four Wildlife Reserves. About 15,000 sq. km. amounting to almost 18% 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.
Other Parks & Reserves:
- Manaslu Conservation Area
- Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve
- Dhorpatan Hunting Area
- Shuklaphant Wildlife Reserve
- Kanchanjunga Conservation Area
- Rara National Park
- Khaptad National Park
- Shivapuri National Park
- Langtang National Park
- Sagarmath National Park
- Makalu-Barun National Park & Conservation Area
- Shey Phoksundo National Park
- Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP)
- Chitwan National Park
- Parsa Wildlife Reserve Camp