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Nepal mountain landscape

View from a mountaintop in Chandrakot, a village en route from Naudanda to Birethanti, Nepal. Stone steps marking a path can be seen in the bottom left in the foreground. In the midground, terraced agricultural fields sit on a steep mountainside near patches of forest. Terracing is an important part of mountain agriculture in Nepal. Terraces are built on the rugged mountains over several generations of hard work.In the background, a river snakes through a valley.

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