{{Short description|Protected area in Nepal}} {{Infobox protected area | name = Manaslu Conservation Area | alt_name ={{langx|ne|मनास्लु संरक्षण क्षेत्र}} | iucn_category = VI | image = Sunrise, Manaslu.jpg | image_caption = Manaslu | location = Nepal | map = Nepal Gandaki Province#Nepal#South Asia | relief = 1 | coordinates = {{coord|28.546|N|84.842|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | area = {{cvt|1663|km2}} | established = 1998 | governing_body = Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation }}
The '''Manaslu Conservation Area''' is a protected area in Nepal. Established in 1998, it covers {{cvt|1663|km2}} in the Mansiri Himal range of the Himalayas in the Gorkha District. The area comprises mountains, glaciers, and watercourses.<ref name=nbrb2007>{{cite book |author=Bhuju, U. R. |author2=Shakya, P. R. |author3=Basnet, T. B. |author4=Shrestha, S. |name-list-style=amp |year=2007 |title=Nepal Biodiversity Resource Book. Protected Areas, Ramsar Sites, and World Heritage Sites |publisher=International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology, in cooperation with United Nations Environment Programme, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific |location=Kathmandu |isbn=978-92-9115-033-5 |chapter=Makalu Barun National Park |pages=55–57 |url=https://lib.icimod.org/record/7560}}</ref> In elevation, the area ranges from {{cvt|1400|to|8156|m}}, the highest point being the peak of Manaslu.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Anup |first1=K. C. |last2=Parajuli |first2=R. B. T. |name-list-style=amp |year=2014 |title=Tourism and its impact on livelihood in Manaslu Conservation Area, Nepal |journal=Environment, Development and Sustainability |volume=16 |issue=5 |pages=1053–1063 |url=https://www.academia.edu/download/45247032/Tourism_and_Livelihood_Paper.pdf}}{{dead link|date=July 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
==Flora and fauna== The region is home to 33 species of mammals including snow leopard, musk deer and Himalayan tahr. There are over 110 species of birds and three species of reptiles and about 1,500–2,000 species of flowering plants.<ref name=nbrb2007/> At least four species of frogs are present: ''Amolops formosus'', ''Nanorana liebigii'', ''Ombrana sikimensis'' and ''Duttaphrynus himalayanus''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Shrestha |first1=B. |last2=Gurung |first2=M. B. |name-list-style=amp |year=2019 |title=Natural history notes on three sympatric frogs, ''Amolops formosus'' (Günther 1875), ''Nanorana liebigii'' (Günther 1860), and ''Ombrana sikimensis'' (Jerdon 1870), from Manaslu Conservation Area, Nepal |journal=Amphibian & Reptile Conservation |volume=13 |issue=2 |pages=152–159 |url=http://amphibian-reptile-conservation.org/pdfs/Volume/Vol_13_no_2/ARC_13_2_%5bGeneral_Section%5d_152-159_e198.pdf}}</ref> Its bio-climatic zones vary from sub-tropical to nival.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DNPWC |url=https://dnpwc.gov.np/en/conservation-area-detail/63/ |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{cite web |url=http://www.dnpwc.gov.np/protected_areas/details/manasluconservationarea |website=Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, Nepal |title=Manaslu Conservation Area |access-date=2017-08-21 |archive-date=2019-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930160054/http://www.dnpwc.gov.np/protected_areas/details/manasluconservationarea |url-status=dead }}
{{Protected Areas of Nepal}}
Category:Protected areas of Nepal Category:1998 establishments in Nepal Category:Wildlife conservation in Nepal
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