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Nepal, represented to the world by the highest peak, Mt. Everest and Lumbini,
the birthplace of Lord Buddha, is not only the home of high snow clad mountains
but home to various ethnic groups with diverse cultures, religions and
languages. Nepal, though a small country situated between India and China, is
one of the few countries in the world where such spectacular diversity in
climatic as well as topographic features is so dramatically combined within such
a small area. North of Nepal is covered by snow clad mountains with cold alpine
type climate, middle region by hills with temperate climate and the southern
region is covered by plain terai region with very hot tropical climate. The
Himalayan and hilly landscape attract people for numerous adventure activities
including mountaineering, trekking, hiking, mountain biking, helicopter
sightseeing, paragliding, hang gliding and other adventure activities.
Nepal is commonly divided into three broad physiographic areas: the Mountain Region, the Hill Region, and the Terai Region. All three parallel each other, from east to west, as continuous ecological belts, occasionally bisected by the country's river systems.
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