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The maximum water depth varies between 2 m (6.6 ft) in the dry season and 7 m (23 ft) in the monsoon season.","The Jagdishpur Reservoir is listed on the List of Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance, as defined by the Ramsar Convention."],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"reservoir","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131681"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6122354#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Kapilvastu District (district of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28574","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/kapilvastu-district"},{"text":"Lumbini Province (province of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104014","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/lumbini-province"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6122354#P131"}},{"key":"area","label":"Area","values":[{"text":"225 ha","value":225.0}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6122354#P2046"}},{"key":"elevation","label":"Elevation","values":[{"text":"197 m","value":197.0}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6122354#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/Q6122354#P1435"}},{"key":"established","label":"Established","values":[{"text":"2003","date":"2003"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6122354#P571"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdishpur_Reservoir","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%AF","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6122354"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Jagdishpur Reservoir located?","a":"Jagdishpur Reservoir is located in Kapilvastu District, Lumbini Province, Nepal."},{"q":"What is the elevation of Jagdishpur Reservoir?","a":"Jagdishpur Reservoir is at an elevation of 197 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":"Nigalihawa","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/nigalihawa","km":0.8},{"name":"Jahadi","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/jahadi","km":3.8},{"name":"Kopawa","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kopawa","km":4.8},{"name":"Tilaurakot","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/tilaurakot","km":4.9},{"name":"Buddhabhumi","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/buddhabhumi","km":5.3},{"name":"Hathausa","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/hathausa","km":5.9}],"image":{"url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Jagdispue_Taal_%286%29.JPG/3840px-Jagdispue_Taal_%286%29.JPG?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail","width":640,"height":360,"license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","credit":"Bijaya2043","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jagdispue_Taal_(6).JPG"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Jagdishpur Reservoir","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdishpur_Reservoir","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): जगदीशपुर जलाशय","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%AF","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q6122354","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6122354","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Jagdispue Taal (6).JPG by Bijaya2043 (CC BY-SA 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jagdispue_Taal_(6).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 Jagdishpur Reservoir, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Jagdispue Taal (6).JPG — Bijaya2043, CC BY-SA 3.0.","cite":"\"Jagdishpur Reservoir\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/jagdishpur-reservoir. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T14:28:19Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/jagdishpur-reservoir","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/jagdishpur-reservoir","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/jagdishpur-reservoir?lang=ne"}}