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)

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