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4 unusual facts about Rapti Zone


Chitwan Valley

This Rapti must not be confused with the West Rapti River some 200 km further west flowing through the Deukhuri Valley in the Rapti Zone.

Dhorpatan

During the summer months large herds of livestock are brought north from Rapti Zone by Kham Magar to graze in surrounding pastureland.

Kham Magar

Kham are descriptive terms invented by academic linguists and anthropologists for a nationality in the Middle Hills of mid-western Nepal inhabiting highlands extending through eastern Rukum and northern Salyan, Rolpa and Pyuthan Districts in Rapti Zone as well as adjacent parts of Dhaulagiri and Bheri Zones.

Rapti

Rapti Zone, in Nepal, a first order administrative district about 200 km west of Kathmandu



see also

Jhumlawang Village

The village is located in Morawang VDC Ward No 8 &9, Rukum district, Rapti zone of Mid-Western Nepal.

Pipal

Pipal, Nepal, a village development committee in Rukum District in the Rapti Zone of western Nepal.

Rapti

West Rapti River, a river rising in Rapti Zone, in Nepal's Middle Hills between the Karnali and Gandaki basins, cutting through the Mahabharat Range, flowing west through Deukhuri valley, then SE down the Indo-Gangetic Plains to join the Ghaghara.