Top 5 National Parks of Nepal

Nepal is an exotic  destination for enthusiasts looking to explore rich landscape, flora and fauna. From the colorful phosphorus, to the endangered one-horned rhino and  the elusive Royal Bengal Tiger,Nepal offers an experience like no other..

Nepal has a wide variety of flora and fauna that has been considered as the best collections the world over.

1. Sagarmatha National park   

 

Sagarmatha national park is located at the highest part of Nepal in the Khumbu region. The National park includes Mt. Everest -the highest peak, and several other well-known peaks such as Lhotse,Ama Dablam, Nuptse and Cho oyu.The area has a great panoramic view of mountains,deep gorges and glacial valleys with a mixture of wildlife including the Himalayan tahr, Goral, musk deer and rare wild animals like the snow leopard. Himalayan black bear, languor monkey and Himalayan mouse hare. A walk-through experience in the world's highest placed national park would be truly blissful eith the Himalayan Sherpa Community and their hospitality.

2. Chitawan National Park 

The chitawan national park, situated in the inner Terai lowland of South-Central Nepal is one of the oldest national parks and is a world heritage site since 1984. There are more than 43 species of mammals including one-horned rhinos, tigers, crocodiles, gaur,wild elephants, pangolin,striped hyena,Gangetic dolphin, monitor lizard etc.There are more than 450 species of birds and more than 45 species of reptiles and amphibians.Discover Chitwan with safari trips into the wild, bird watching and natural jungle walks.

3.Bardia National Park 

Bardia National Park lies in the western plain region of Nepal and covers an area of 969 sq km.One may come across the one-horned rhino, tiger, wild elephant, swamp deer, gharial, crocodile, black buck, marsh mugger, snakes, lizards and Gangetic dolphins.An adventurous trip to Bardia offers an opportunity to raft in the karnali rives, take a safari in the jungle, simply gaze at the tranquil serenity, see the royal Bangal tiger and gengatic dolphin and  appreciate natural at its best. 

4.Rara National Park 

Rara national Park,located in the North-western high mountains of Nepal was gazetted in 1978 to conserve the exquisite beauty of Rara lake and protect its varying flora and fauna in the Humla-Jumla region. It is the smallest national park in Nepal although it is built around the country's biggest Lake (10.8 kms) and at an elevation of 2990 m.The area around the lake is dominated by blue pine, black juniper,west Himalayan spruce,oak. Himalayan cypress and other associated species, which is a true backpacker's calling.   

5. Khaptad national park

Khaptad national park situated western part of Nepal covering an area 225 sq. km and buffer zone 216 sq. km. National park consist the districts of Bhajhang, Bajura, Doti and Achham. Khaptad has its own religious importance it is the home of khaptad baba a popular Pilgrimage of this region. Subtropical, temperate and alpine vegetation found in this Park, it is a habitat of different wild animals, birds and butterflies.

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Top 10 biggest earthquake ever recorded in history

Earthquake has occurred several times in history. Some has changes the structure of the national forever. The biggest earthquake that occurred in past sometimes created strong attention to the national to follow different path to prevent it.

Earthquake had changed the history. It has been one of the unstoppable forces that can’t be even purely foretold by science.

Roughly the earthquake over magnitude 7 or over is potentially marked as dangerous. Below are the lists of top 10 earthquakes in history.

1. Valdivia earthquake (1960)

Location: Valdivia, Chile | Date: May 22, 1960 | Magnetite: 9.5
Valdiva earthquake was the largest earthquake ever recorded by the instrument in the history. It was originating at coast of southern Chile on may 22 1960. The earthquake occurs at 7:11 PM, 100 miles off the cost of Chile, parallel to the city Valdivia. It was recorded as a magnitude of 9.5 by the United States geological survey, the largest earthquake ever recorded by instruments. The earthquake was occurred in the afternoon (19:11 GMT -14:11 local time). The earthquake create huge destruction: 1,655 killed, 3,000 injured, 2,000,000 homeless, and $550 million damage in southern Chile.

2. Prince William Sound, Alaska (1964)

Location: Alaska, USA | Date: March 27, 1964 | Magnetite: 9.2
The great Alaska Earthquake occurred in Southeastern Alaska, March 27, 1964 at (03:36 3/28 UTC ). IT was the second largest earthquake ever recorded and the largest ever recorded in northern America. The earthquake struck large landslides and tsunami at different nearest location. The tsunami wave killed 199 people and cause approximately 300-400 million dollar properly damage only in Alaska. The death number is quite low compared to the earthquake magnitude due to low population density. The tsunami also generates the largest waves outside of Alaska that occurred along the pacific coasts of Canada. TI caused approximately 5 million dollar property damage in Canada.

3. Indian Ocean earthquake (2004)

Location: Indian Ocean, Sumatra, Indonesia | Date: December 26, 2004| Magnetite: 9.1
Indian Ocean Tsunami induced by the earthquake was another horror earthquake and tsunami that damage $10 billion property, 230,000 death from 14 countries, 500,00 injuries, 5 million lost their home. It occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday, 26 December 2004 in the Indian Ocean near the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It was also the most scary and deadliest natural disaster ever recorded in the history. The earthquake and tsunami hit various countries, but Indonesia was the major victim, followed by Sirlanka, India and Thailand. IT was the longest earthquake occurred between 8.3 to 10 minutes.

4. Kamchatka Russia earthquakes (1952)

Location: Kamchatka Russia | Date: November 4, 1952 | Magnetite: 9
The kamchakta’s earthquake was another destructive earthquake that occurred at 16:58 GMT (04:58 local time) on November 4, 1952. The earthquake was measured 8.2 magnitude However, it was revised to 9 Magnitude later years. The earthquake resulted huge property damage around 1 million USD, including several lives. The tsunami reached to Japan, Alaska, Chile and Newzealand. There were no any property damage and live lost in Japan. The tsunami waves reached height up to 1m in New Zealand, In Alaska the waves reached up to 1.4 meters.

5. Tōhoku Japan earthquake (2011)

Location: Tōhoku Japan | Date: 11 March 2011 | Magnetite: 9
Japan’s was stuck by earthquake off the coast of Honshu on March 11, 2011 (05:46:23 UTC) resulting one of the biggest earthquake in Japan itself. The earthquake result huge tsunami that result 15881 deaths, 6142 injured and 2668 people lost and missing. The huge amount of property was damage. The earthquake also brings the serious crises in Nepal where around 4.4 million household in northern eastern japan were left without electricity and 1.5 million without water. The tsunami caused nuclear accidents, primary the level 7 meltdowns. It was lasted up to 5 minutes. The earthquake resulted losses around $14.5 to $36.6 billion.

6. Africa Chile earthquake (1615)
Location: Arica Chile | Date: September 16, 1615 | Magnetite: 8.8

This was another devastating earthquake in the Chile Africa earthquake was on occurred on September 16, 1615. Over 1 to 5 million properties was destructed. It was the oldest earthquake ever recorded that occurred in 16th century.

7. Sumatra earthquake(1833)

Location: Pacific Ocean, USA and Canada | Date: November 25, 1833 | Magnetite: 8.8-9.2
The Sumatra earthquake with a magnitude 8.8 -9.2 occurred on November 25 1833. The earthquake lasted for 5 minutes in Bengkulu and 3 minutes in Padang. There is no exact data of property damage and loss of life. However, tsunami had created devastating with southwest coast of Sumatra from pariamanto Bengkulu.

8. Ecuador Colombia earthquake(1906)

Location: Sumatra, Indonesia| Date: November 25, 1833 | Magnetite: 8.8-9.2
Ecuador Colombia Earthquake occurred at 15:36 UTC on January 31 with a magnitude of 8.8. The earthquake result a destructive tsunami that caused around 500 causalities. The life damage is less due to the thin population. Around 500-1500 people have lost their life. However, there is no exact reliable data to reply on.

9. Chile earthquake(2010)

Location: Chile earthquake | Date: November 25, 1833 | Magnetite: 8.8-9.2
Chile was stuck by earthquake on the coast of central child on Saturday 27, February 2010 at (06:34 UTC). It lasted for about 3 minutes and was of magnitude 8.8. The earthquake result a tsunami that struck several coastal town in south central Chile. The several military troop handle the different affected area. The causalities wasn’t that high. Around 9% of people became homeless, 525 people lost their lives, and 25 people were missing. The earthquake create the property damage around 15-20 million. It was the strongest earthquake that affected Chile after the Valdivia earthquake 1960. Several aftershock of different magnetite was affected after the earthquake.

10. Cascadia earthquake(1700)

Location: Pacific Ocean, USA and Canada | Date: January 26, 1700 | Magnetite: 8.7-9.2
Cascasdia earthquake occurred at 9: pm pacific standard time at the rate of 8.7 to 9.2 magnitudes. The book name “The Orphan Tsunami of 1700″ provides the evidence of the occurrence of earthquake. The timing had been determined through the Japanese records of a tsunami. The earthquake causes the tsunami that damaged the coastal villages. There is no precise data about the property damage and the human life loss in the earthquake.

Source:- elist10

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