The lakes of Bhutan comprise its glacial lakes and its natural mountain lakes. Bhutanese territory contains some 2,674 high altitude glacial lakes and...
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some 2,674 glacial lakes; about 25 of these glacial lakes are potential GLOF hazards. Non-glacial lakes in Bhutan cover a total of about 4,250 hectares...
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misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters. Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ; Wylie: 'brug rgyal...
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most of the glaciers of Bhutan. This region contains the vast majority of Bhutan's 677 glaciers and 2,674 glacial lakes and subsidiary lakes, out of which...
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The prime minister of Bhutan (Lyonchen) is the head of government of Bhutan. The prime minister is nominated by the party that wins the most seats in the...
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of Tibetan characters. The King of Bhutan, officially the Druk Gyalpo (འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་; lit. 'Dragon King'), is the constitutional monarch and head of...
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component of glacial expeditions. Multiple inventory-lists of glaciers and glacial lakes in Bhutan exist. The precise figures vary to some extent, based on...
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The Black Mountains is a mountain range in central Bhutan, a sub−range of the Himalayan Range System. Locally the mountain range is known as Dungshing...
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The branches of the armed forces of Bhutan are the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA), Royal Bodyguards, and Royal Bhutan Police. Bhutan does not have an air force...
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of Bhutan Mammals of Bhutan Glaciers of Bhutan Lakes of Bhutan Mountains of Bhutan Rivers of Bhutan Valleys of Bhutan World Heritage Sites in Bhutan:...
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Jimilang Tsho (category Lakes of Bhutan)
Tsho (also known as Sand Ox Lake) is a natural lake in Thimphu District of Bhutan.: 214 This lake is situated at an altitude of 3870 m from sea level. Jimilang...
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Duar War (redirect from Anglo-Bhutan War of 1864–65)
commissioned multiple missions to Bhutan. Official documents always cited cross-border raids by Bhutan or sheltering of dissidents as the immediate cause;...
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conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters. The national flag of Bhutan (འབྲུག་ཡུལ་རྒྱལ་དར) is one of the national symbols of Bhutan. The flag features...
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The Kingdom of Bhutan is divided into 20 districts (Dzongkha: dzongkhags). Bhutan is located between the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and India on...
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list of lists of lakes. Antarctic lakes Lakes of Titan List of alpine lakes List of Antarctic subglacial lakes List of dams and reservoirs List of drying...
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Buli Tsho (category Lakes of Bhutan)
natural lake and pilgrimage place located in the heart of a thick forest at a place called Baer-pang in Zhemgang District of Bhutan. The surface area of the...
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Bhutan has diplomatic relations with 56 of 193 member states of the United Nations and the European Union. Bhutan's limited number of such relations,...
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occurred in the Thimphu, Paro and Punankha-Wangdue valleys. Of the 2674 glacial lakes in Bhutan, 24 have been identified by a recent study as candidates...
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The economy of Bhutan is based on agriculture and forestry, which provide the main livelihood for more than 60% of the population. Agriculture consists...
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The Emblem of Bhutan (རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ལས་རྟགས་) maintains several elements of the flag of Bhutan, with slightly different artistry, and contains Buddhist symbolism...
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Tarina Tsho (category Lakes of Bhutan)
Tarina Tsho (Tsho: lake) is one of the lakes of Bhutan that is a major contributor to GLOF danger in the country. It was the source of the 1983 GLOF that...
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Barombi Lake Edip Lake Kendall Lake Lagdo Lake Mbakaou Lake Monoun Muanenguba Lakes (Twin Lakes) Lake Nyos Lake Oku Lake Wum Lake Assal Lake Volta Lake Bosomtwe...
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of Tibetan characters. The Royal Bhutan Army (RBA; Dzongkha: བསྟན་སྲུང་དམག་སྡེ་, romanized: bStan-srung dmag-sde) is a branch of the armed forces of the...
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"Physiological Survey". River System of Bhutan. FAO Corporate Document Repository. Retrieved 2010-05-09. "Rivers and Lakes". Archived from the original on...
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Kheng Gongduk Tshangla (Sharchop) There are two dozen languages of Bhutan, all members of the Tibeto-Burman language family except for Nepali, which is...
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conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters. The Parliament of Bhutan (Dzongkha: རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་ཁང་ gyelyong tshokhang) consists of the King of Bhutan together with...
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Bhutan List of rulers of Bhutan Worden, Robert L.; Savada, Andrea Matles (ed.) (1991). "Chapter 6 – Bhutan: Arrival of Buddhism". Nepal and Bhutan: Country...
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This is a list of cities and towns in Bhutan. Chhukha Daga Damphu Gasa Gelephu Ha Jakar Lhuntshi Mongar Paro Pemagatsel Phuntsholing Punakha Samtse Samdrup...
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Bhutan's early history is steeped in mythology and remains obscure. Some of the structures provide evidence that the region has been settled as early...
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spiritual heritage of the nation. The official religion in Bhutan is Buddhism, which is practiced by 74.7% of the population;. The rest of the population...
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