<item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> varies; tropical in southern plains; cool winters and hot summers in central valleys; severe winters and cool summers in Himalayas
<item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> mostly mountainous with some fertile valleys and savanna
<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 5%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 70%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 23%
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<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 340 sq km (1989 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> soil erosion; limited access to safe drinking water
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> violent storms coming down from the Himalayas are the source of the country's name which translates as Land of the Thunder Dragon
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Nuclear Test Ban; signed, but not ratified—Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea
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<item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> landlocked; strategic location between China and India; controls several key Himalayan mountain passes