Emergency and Disaster Reports

Abstract

This monographic issue is about Nepal and its disaster risk profile. Nepal’s fragile geology and steep topography make it the 20th top most disaster prone country in The world. Nepal is a part of the Himalayan-Ganga system with the system extending about 160-200 kilometers from north to south spanning six geological And climatic belts varying in altitude from about 8000 to just about 60 metres above mean sea level in eastern Nepal. About 83 per cent of Nepal lies within The mountainous region of the country, while the remaining 17 per cent falls In the northern part of the Ganga Basin plain.

As a country Nepal is ranked fourth, eleventh and the thirty in terms of relative Vulnerability to climate change, earthquake and flood hazards respectively. It Is highly prone to high magnitudes of natural hazards such as flood, landslide, earthquake, fire, hailstone, windstorm, thunderbolt, cloudburst, drought, Glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF), avalanches and epidemics.