The Kingdom of Nepal covers an area of 147,181 square kilometers, and stretches 145-241 kilometers north to south and 850 kilometers west to east. The country is located between India in the south and China in the north. Nepal is topographically divided into three regions: the Himalaya to the north, the hills consisting of the Mahabharat Range and the Churia Hills, and the Terai to the south. Elevations are varied in the Kingdom. The highest point is Mt. Everest (8848 m) in the north and the lowest point (70 meters above the sea level) is located at Kechana Kalan of Jhapa District. Altitudes increases as you travel from south to north. To the north, temperatures are below -40 degrees Celsius and in the Terai, temperatures rise to 40 degrees Celsius in the summer.