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Small frontier state, resting on the southern ridge of the Himalayas, Nepal extends into the intersection of the two Asian giants: China (N) and India (S). The mountain range that crosses it, one of the youngest on the planet, contains some of the most impressive peaks in the world. The grandeur of this natural architecture has informed the life of the country, throughout its history, as regards many aspects: climatic (extreme variety of climates, resulting from the different altitudes present in the area), economic (opening of passes and passages transit in the valleys for communications and commercial traffic between neighboring countries), cultural (permeability to artistic and religious influences of border countries). Almost inaccessible land, permeated by silences and ancient music, guardian of traditional practices and temples inspired by a Hinduism and Buddhism, Nepal has had a particular charm for centuries, attracting men from every corner of the planet to the paths of the Himalayan mountains, who look to its peaks as the destination of the journey par excellence, both spiritual and spatial. The closure of the country, borrowed from geographical isolation, was also favored in colonial times by the politics of Great Britain, which had assigned Nepal the role of buffer state to safeguard its Indian possessions. Although Nepal’s foreign policy was governed by British dictates, the country retained a certain degree of autonomy in matters relating to domestic politics. Around the middle of the twentieth century, the demands of the modern world, aimed at a greater democratization of economic and social life, arrived in this isolated land too. In the new millennium, this process has led the country, slowly and, in a not entirely peaceful way, to seek democratic solutions with a view to moving from a centralized monarchy to a republican form of government. According to COUNTRYAAH, Nepal is a nation in Southern Asia, the capital city of which is Kathmandu. The latest population of Nepal is 29,136,819. ACEINLAND: Lists and descriptions of main religions and beliefs in Nepal, including religion demographics and statistics on Christianity, Islam, Judaism, etc.
CLIMATE
In addition to the nival feeding, the river regime is affected by the rainfall influenced by the monsoons: since the summer monsoon goes up the Gangetic plain from SE to NW, gradually discharging its humidity on the exposed slopes of the chains it encounters, the eastern part, directly hit by the masses of humid air, it is abundantly sprayed by the rains (2000-2500 mm per year) compared to the western one (1000-2000 mm per year). This applies to the lower range since the Siwalik and above all the ranges of the Middle Himalayas constitute a formidable bulwark against the penetration of monsoon air, just as the mighty reliefs of the Great Himalayas block the cold air currents coming from the N; in winter the highest peaks are hit by jet streams and the accompanying perturbations are responsible for abundant snowfalls, while the valleys of the Great Himalayas and the Transhimalaya area are characterized by an arid climate. The notable diversification of Nepal is due to the relief, otherwise it falls back into the tropical climate belt due to its latitude (26-30º N). It is possible to distinguish different altitudinal climatic horizons: the humid tropical climate is present in the terai, in the slopes and in the valley bottoms up to 1000-1500 m; the warm temperate one, between 1500 and 2500 m, corresponds to a large part of the Middle Himalaya, the area most favorable to human settlement and therefore profoundly altered by the presence of man; the cold temperate reaches altitudes of 3300-3500 m; the subnival goes up to limit of permanent snow, and finally the nival, above 5000 m, is the undisputed dominion of the ice. The temperatures, high in the terai with peaks exceeding 50 ºC, become moderate in the middle part of the country (in Kathmandu, located at 1301 m above sea level, the average temperature in January is 10 ºC, that of July 23 ºC) and touches Arctic values ​​on the highest peaks.