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In August 2003, it has been designated as a Ramsar site.","summary_more":["The Nepali words 'bis' बिस् (twenty), 'hajār' हजार् (thousand) and 'tāl' ताल् (lake) mean '20,000 lakes'."],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"group of lakes","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5926864"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4880120#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Bagmati Province (province of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104015","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/bagmati-province"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4880120#P131"}},{"key":"area","label":"Area","values":[{"text":"32 km²","value":32.0}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4880120#P2046"}},{"key":"elevation","label":"Elevation","values":[{"text":"286 m","value":286.0}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4880120#P2044"}},{"key":"heritage","label":"Heritage status","values":[{"text":"Ramsar site","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19683138"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4880120#P1435"}},{"key":"established","label":"Established","values":[{"text":"2003","date":"2003"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4880120#P571"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishazari_Tal","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4880120"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Bishazari Tal located?","a":"Bishazari Tal is located in Bagmati Province, Nepal."},{"q":"What is the elevation of Bishazari Tal?","a":"Bishazari Tal is at an elevation of 286 m above sea level."}],"related":[{"name":"Mount Everest","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/mount-everest"},{"name":"Himalayas","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/himalayas"},{"name":"Kathmandu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu"},{"name":"Kangchenjunga","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kangchenjunga"},{"name":"Annapurna (mountain range)","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/annapurna-mountain-range"},{"name":"Dhaulagiri","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/dhaulagiri"},{"name":"Makalu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/makalu"},{"name":"Lhotse","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/lhotse"},{"name":"Cho Oyu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/cho-oyu"},{"name":"Manaslu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/manaslu"},{"name":"Pokhara","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/pokhara"},{"name":"Lumbini","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/lumbini"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[{"name":"Gitanagar","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/gitanagar","km":3.7},{"name":"Shivanagar, Chitwan","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/shivanagar-chitwan","km":6.5},{"name":"Bharatpur Airport","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/bharatpur-airport","km":6.7},{"name":"Phulbari, Chitwan","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/phulbari-chitwan","km":7.0},{"name":"Bharatpur, Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/bharatpur-nepal","km":7.3},{"name":"Chitwan District","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/chitwan-district","km":7.4}],"image":{"url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Beeshazari_Lake_of_Chitwan%2C_Nepal.jpg/960px-Beeshazari_Lake_of_Chitwan%2C_Nepal.jpg","width":640,"height":360,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Sabina Bajracharya","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beeshazari_Lake_of_Chitwan,_Nepal.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Bishazari Tal","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishazari_Tal","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): बिसहजारी ताल","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q4880120","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4880120","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Beeshazari Lake of Chitwan, Nepal.jpg by Sabina Bajracharya (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beeshazari_Lake_of_Chitwan,_Nepal.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Bishazari Tal, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Beeshazari Lake of Chitwan, Nepal.jpg — Sabina Bajracharya, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Bishazari Tal\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/bishazari-tal. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T14:28:19Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/bishazari-tal","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/bishazari-tal","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/bishazari-tal?lang=ne"}}