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Do you know? The national park Rara is situated in the high highlands of northwest Nepal. This park was designed to preserve the exceptional beauty of Lake Rara in 1976 and to protect the Humla-Jumla area's typical flora and animals. The park is the smallest protected area of Nepal, covering 106 square kilometers. Two villages in the park were Rara and Chhapru. In the Banke area outside the park, the residents of these two villages were resettled. The park is bordered by alpine coniferous plants and offers a significant sampling of flora and animals in the region. There may be seen at Rara National Park more than 500 different types of flowers, 20 animal species, and 214 bird species. The snow trout is one of the fish species reported in the past as far as life on the lake is concerned. Geography and Feature of Rara Lake The primary feature of the park is Rara Lake (Mahendra valley), located at a height of 2990 m. It has the oval shape of an east-west axis and is 5 kilometers long and 3 kilometers wide. It's the largest lake in Nepal (10,8 sq. km) with a depth of 167 m, surrounded by...
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