Nepal sits on vast water resources. The United Nations describes the landlocked Himalayan state as "one of the Asian countries with the highest level of water resources per inhabitant." Water can potentially be to Nepal what oil is to Arab sheikhdoms.
Economy
Nepal needs bridge over troubled waters
Himalayan nation faces Sino-Indian competition for its hydropower resources
People take a boat across the Rapti River at Sauraha in Chitwan, south of Kathmandu.
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