Geography of Province No. 1

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Satellite map of Province No. 1 within Nepal

Province No. 1 covers an area of 25,905 square kilometres (10,002 sq mi).^[1] It is located at easternmost part of Nepal bordering by Tibet Autonomous Region of China in north Bagmati Province in west, Province No. 2 in south-west, Bihar of India in south, North Bengal of India in south-east and Sikkim of India in north-east. Sikkim and part of North Bengal of India forms ethno-linguistic relation with Nepal. Geography of Province No. 1 in eastern Nepal is very diverse, of highest peaks of Himalayas in northern extremes to terai region to south. It lies between 86 degree 1 minute and 88 degree 3 minutes east longitude and 28 degree 2 minutes and 26 degree 3 minutes north longitude. Biratnagar, the industrial capital of Nepal, is the temporary capital of this province.

Landforms[]

Province No. 1 has three folds; northern higher mountains, mid-hills and southern terai. The low land surrounded with hills known as inner-terai.

Higher Himalayas region[]

Higher Himalayas are northern parts of the Province No. 1 which ranges above 3,000 m (9,800 ft). It consists of sub-alpine and alpine climates. It comprises 3 districts of Province No. 1: Taplejung, Sankhuwasabha and Solukhumbu.

Mid-hills region[]

Mid-hills region or lesser Himalayas (Pahad) is a middle region between higher Himalayas and terai of Province No. 1 which lies north of terai and south of higher himalayas. It also known as Mahabharat range. The elevation of Mid-hills region ranges from 1,000 and 3,000 m (3,300 and 9,800 ft). This region comprises 8 districts of Province No. 1: Panchthar, Tehrathum, Dhankuta, Bhojpur, Khotang, Okhaldhunga and Udayapur.

Terai region[]

The southern part of the province has fertile agricultural plain land which is called terai. The elevations of the terai of Province No. 1 ranges from 70 and 1,000 m (230 and 3,280 ft). The terai region of Province No. 1 comprises 3 districts: , Morang and Sunsari.

Inner-terai region[]

The plain land area between Shiwalik hills and Mahabharat hills known as inner terai. Udayapur District of Province No. 1 has part of Inner terai. Udayapur District's elevation ranges from 360 and 2,310 m (1,180 and 7,580 ft) above sea level, so 360m to 1000m of elevation's area of Udayapur District is Inner terai.

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