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- The Barandabhar forest covers an area of 87.9 km2 and bisects the Chitwan District in east and west Chitwan. Barandabhar, a 29 km long forest patch, is bisected by the Mahendra Highway, resulting in a 56.9 km2 area in the buffer zone of RCNP and 31 km2 is under the district forest office. The buffer zone area of BCF holds 48.016 km2 forest, 5.018 km2 grassland, 3.276 km2 shrub lands and 0.5 km2 of water bodies collectively called Bishazari lake. The surrounding six village development committees are Bachhauli, Gitanagar, Patihani, Jutpani, Pithuwa, Padampur (New) and two municipalities, Ratnanagar (Ward Number 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10), Bharatpur (Ward Number 8, 9, 11 and 12). The major rivers around the forest are Rapti, Budhi Rapti, and Khageri. The Beeshazari lake, which is located in the middle of jungle having altitude 256 m from sea level, is considered as the second largest natural wetland of Nepal and recently included in Ramsar site by NG. (en)
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