Bishazari Tal

Bishazari Tal, also spelled Beeshazar Tal, is an extensive oxbow lake system in the buffer zone of the Chitwan National Park, a protected area in the Inner Terai of central Nepal. This wetland covers an area of 3,200 ha (7,900 acres) at an altitude of 286 m (938 ft). The Mahabharat mountain range (Lower Himalayan Range) is located north of the lake, which is itself north of the Siwalik Hills.

The Nepali words ‘bis’ बिस् (twenty), ‘hajār’ हजार् (thousand) and ‘tāl’ ताल् (lake) mean ‘20,000 lakes’.