About 15.5% of land is covered by snow throughout the year in Nepal. Similarly, about 2.7% of land is covered by river and pond.
Nepal is among the richest in the world in terms of water resources. Nepal's Himalayas provides huge natural storage of fresh water and as snow melts the water level is maintained in the downstream of rivers and wetlands. There are about estimated 3252 glaciers in Nepal with 2323 glacial lakes locate there.