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Nepal : a cultural and physical geography

Title
Nepal : a cultural and physical geography / Pradyumna P. Karan ; with the collaboration of William M. Jenkins.
Author
Karan, Pradyumna P. (Pradyumna Prasad)
Publication
Lexington : University of Kentucky Press, 1960.

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Additional Authors
Jenkins, William M.
Description
100 pages : illustrations, portraits, 36 maps (1 color, 1 folded color in pocket); 28 x 36 cm
Subject
  • Physical geography > Nepal
  • Cultural geography > Nepal
  • Physical geography
  • Cultural geography
  • Travel
  • Nepal > Description and travel
  • Nepal > Maps
  • NEPAL - > Atlases > 1960
  • Nepal
  • 5.460
Genre/Form
Maps
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 97-[101]
Contents
  • In the Shadow of the Throne -- Historical Setting -- Political Setting -- Physiography -- Climate, Vegetation, and Soil -- Land Use and Agriculture -- Population and Settlement -- Cultural Diversity -- Disease and Diet -- Minerals, Power, and Industry -- Transportation and Trade -- Geographic Regions.
  • Maps: Geographic Location of Nepal -- Historical Growth -- Political Divisions -- Topography and Relief -- Landforms -- Tectonic Map of Central Nepal -- Geological Structure of Central Nepal -- Drainage -- Climatic Regions -- Natural Vegetation and Forest Cover -- Erosion and Land Classification -- Land Use -- Irrigation -- Agricultural Regions -- Agricultural Land and Crops; Crop Pattern -- Population Density (by Districts, 1952-1954) -- Population Density (by Thums, 1952-1954) -- Population (1952-1954) -- (Population Growth (Absolute 1920 to 1952-1954) -- (Population Growth (Percentile 1920 to 1952-1954) -- Sex Ratio -- Rural Settlement Types and House Types -- Some Rural House Types -- The Katmandu Valley -- Ethnic Groups and Language Zones -- Religious Groups -- Hindu Population -- Buddhist Population -- Moslem Population -- Chief Diseases -- and Diet Deficiency -- Minerals and Power -- Industry and Future Industrial Development -- Capital Invested in Industry -- Geographic Regions.
LCCN
60008518
OCLC
  • ocm00361656
  • 361656
  • SCSB-377137
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library