Hydropower Overview of Nepal

📒Nepal Hydro Key Facts: ■ Second richest country in inland water resources ■ Possess 2.27% of world water resource ■ 818,500 ha of total water surface area (5% of total surface area of the country) ■ Multiple sources of water include glaciers, snowmelt from the Himalayas, rainfall, and ground water ■ 6,000 rivers including rivulets and tributaries totalling about 45,000 km in length ■ Hydropower potential in terms of electrical energy - 727,000 GWh ■ Theoretical hydropower potential - 83,000 MW; technically and economically viable potential - 40,000 MW ■ Installed capacity: 600 MW ■ Population with access to electricity - 40% (Article is based on different publications and reports of NEA /Wikipedia)