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Friday, July 9, 2010

MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEPAL


MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEPAL
Mineral resources are one of the important natural resources. It is the hidden natural resources which directly connect on money worth. It can be found on the underground part of the earth, basically. Gold, silver, petrol, copper etc are some example of mineral resources. It is said that Nepal possess large amount of mineral resources. The countries having glad and petroleum mines have been able to earn large amount of foreign currency. But in Nepal it has not been utilized for the benefit of the country because of poor technology and economical problem. Mineral resources of Nepal has been explained only few amount. It is estimated that the mineral resources contribute only about 0.65% to GDP. It is one of The main resource of government earning. Specially, Nepal has great prospect of iron mines. The mine pulchoki is regarded as the biggest iron mine of Nepal. In the river of Nepal there is possibility of gold mines. It can be the source of income for development of countries. It is also the source for employment. The cement, magnetite lead, agricultural-lime and marble industries are the main mineral-based industries currently in operation were expected for job which solve the big present problem of the country is unemployment.

WATER RESOURCES OF NEPAL


Water Resources of Nepal
Water is the most important natural resources of the country.In this whole world 1/3rd part is covered by water. In water and from water was all life born. In the case of Nepal, Nepalis the second richest country of the world in water resources.More than 6000 rivers are here in Nepal.There are so many falls, lakes, ponds are here .Since rivers of Nepal are originated
From mountain and flow through the high hills which have high speed and also make Nepal rich in water resources. Some rivers are Karnali, Arun, trishuli, Gandaki etc. due the high speed in rivers there has great potentiality of hydro electricity development. About 83000MW electricity can be possesses but out of this only 44000MW electricity is generated. Nepal has about 2.27 percent of total hydropower potentiality of the world.Water can be used for many propose like drinking, cooking, irrigation, hydroelectricity etc. it is also important for other different propose
like generating hydroelectricity, for the protection of forest ,for agriculture etc. But in the present condition of Nepal most of the water has been polluted especially of Katmandu valley due to dirt such as mixing of drainage and dusbin product in water resources.

Natural Resources Of Nepal


NATURAL RESOURCES OF NEPAL -Introduction
Natural resources are those things which are found in nature. It is also said to be free gift of nature or god which are provided for our benefit. Nepal is a land lock country where we able to found different kinds of climate. Due to geographical feature of Nepal almost all type of climate which are available in this world are found in Nepal. Nepal is said to be rich in natural resources. The major natural resources which are found in Nepal are Water resources,forest resources, mineral resources.
Some other natural resources of Nepal are soil, mountains, animals, birds, etc. Basically Nepal is known by second richest country of thje world in water resources.