Portal:Nepal/Did you know/Agust 2018
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- 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.