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Fig. 1 | Avian Research

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From: Exploring potentialities of avian genomic research in Nepalese Himalayas

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The Himalayas and Nepal. a Geographic range of the Himalayas that are divided into western (W), central (C), and eastern (E) zones. The eastern Himalayas extends from eastern Nepal across northeast India, Bhutan, Tibet to Yunnan in China and northern Myanmar. Western Himalayas refers to stretch from northeastern Afghanistan, southern Tajikistan, Pakistan through North India. In Nepal, eastern Himalayas starts around the Arun river followed by central and western demarcated around Kaligandaki gorge (Päckert et al. 2012). b Map of Nepal showing an altitudinal gradient of Nepalese Himalayas. c Bio-climatic and physiographic zones in Nepal, modified from Paudel et al. (2011)

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