Nepal Report written by Zylah

Nepal

Nepal is an asian country between China and India. They have a population of about 27 million.

Nepal speaks over 92 languages. The main language spoken is Nepali. Nepal is made up of 40 different races and tribes.

The Terai jungle is home to the Bengal Tiger which is very hard to spot. Living in the trees is the Spotted Leopard. Also living in Nepal is the One Horned Rhino and the Himalayan Snow Leopard.

37% of Nepal’s land is covered in trees. Timber and herbs are valuable resources for the Nepalese. Nepal’s resources are very important to them. They are rich in water which they rely heavily on.  Because Nepal isn’t near any oceans, they get all of their water from the rivers, which is helped by the melting snow from the Himalayas.

Nepal is most famous for Mt Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. Mt Everest is called Sagarmatha in Nepal. This means Goddess of the sky. Sir Edmund Hillary was the first to ever reach the summit in 1953 which was the beginning of a long history between New Zealand and Nepal.