Nepal is a landlocked country located in South Asia, and it lies between two Asian giants China and India. With an area of 140,800 square kilometers, Nepal is slightly larger than the state of Arkansas, USA. Nepal has the greatest altitude change of any location on Earth. The lowlands are at sea level and the mountains of the Himalayas are the tallest in the world. Eight of the world's ten highest mountain peaks are in Nepal, and Mount Everest (8,850m) is the world's highest peak. Nepal is one of the five Himalayan countries located near the Himalayas(a mountain range in Asia).