Nepal has the deepest lake at the highest elevation. Shey Phoksundo is 145 meters deep and rests at 3600 meters.
The Kali Gandaki is the deepest gorge on earth, dropping 1200 meters.
Nepal also has the lowest valley on earth, the Arun valley.
Nepal is the birth place of Lord Buddha – the apostle of peace and is also the only country where people worship the living goddess Kumari.
Nepal has the densest concentration of World Heritage Sites. Kathmandu valley alone has 7 World Heritage Cultural sites within a radius of 15 kilometers.
In Nepal there are as many as 80 ethnic groups speaking more than 100 different languages.
Dang Valley situated in the mid-western development region of Nepal is the largest valley of Asia.
