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24 Apr 2022 | SERVIR-HKH

Nepal’s land divided in 11 categories

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Kathmandu, April 24 (RSS): The government has classified the land into 11 different categories. Based on the National Land Cover Monitoring System (NLCMS) which was launched Saturday by the Ministry of Forests and Environment, the land has been categorized as forested land, agricultural land, grassland, bush, marshland, snow land, glacier, rock, flood land, shelter land and vegetation-less land.

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