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Area

• Total: 147,516 km² (56,956 sq mi)
• Land: 143,181 km² (55,282 sq mi)
• Water: 4,000 km² (1,544 sq mi)

Coastline

0 km (landlocked)

Elevation extremes

• Lowest point: Kechana Kawal, jhapa district 59 m
• Highest point: Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) 8,848 m

Resources and land use

Natural resources

Quartz, water, timber, hydropower, scenic beauty, small deposits of lignite, copper, cobalt, iron ore

Land use

• Arable land: 16.0%
• Permanent crops: 0.8%
• Other: 83.2% (2001)

Irrigated land

11,680 km² (2003) Nearly 50% of arable land

Total renewable water resources

210.2 km³ (2011)