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The protected areas of Nepal cover mainly forested land and are located at various altitudes in the Terai, in the foothills of the Himalayas and in the mountains, thus encompassing a multitude of landscapes and preserving a vast biodiversity in the Palearctic and Indomalayan realms.
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The endangered snow leopard is protected in the SHL. The Sacred Himalayan Landscape is a 39,021 km 2 (15,066 sq mi) large trans-boundary landscape in the eastern Himalayas encompassing temperate broadleaf and conifer forests , alpine meadows and grasslands, which harbour more than 80 mammal and more than 440 bird species .
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The Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve is a protected area in the Terai of eastern Nepal covering 176 km 2 (68 sq mi) of wetlands in the Sunsari, Saptari and Udayapur Districts.It comprises extensive reed beds and freshwater marshes in the floodplain of the Kosi River, and ranges in elevation from 75 to 81 m (246 to 266 ft).
In 1973, the area was gazetted as Royal Shukla Phanta Wildlife Reserve, initially comprising 155 km 2 (60 sq mi), and extended to its present size in the late 1980s. [3] A buffer zone of 243.5 km 2 (94.0 sq mi) was added in May 2004. [4] In 2017, the status of the protected area was changed to a national park. [5]
The Api-Nampa Conservation Area is a protected area in the western Nepal that was established in 2010. It has an area of 1,903 km 2 (735 sq mi). [ 1 ] It ranges in elevation from 518 to 7,132 m (1,699 to 23,399 ft) at the Himalayan peak Api , and is part of the Kailash Sacred Landscape.
Parsa National Park is a national park in the Terai of south-central Nepal covering an area of 627.39 km 2 (242.24 sq mi) in the Parsa, Makwanpur and Bara Districts and ranging in elevation from 435 to 950 m (1,427 to 3,117 ft) in the Sivalik Hills. It was established as a wildlife reserve in 1984 and received national park status in 2017.