Barandabhar Corridor Forest information

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The Barandabhar forest covers an area of 87.9 km² and bisects the Chitwan District in east and west Chitwan. Barandabhar, a 29 km long forest patch, is bisected by the Mahendra Highway, resulting in a 56.9 km² area in the buffer zone of RCNP^{[clarification needed]} and 31 km² is under the district forest office.

The buffer zone area of BCF^{[clarification needed]} holds 48.016 km² forest, 5.018 km² grassland, 3.276 km² shrub lands and 0.5 km² of water bodies collectively called Bishazari lake. The surrounding six village development committees are Bachhauli, Gitanagar, Patihani, Jutpani, Pithuwa, Padampur (New) and two municipalities, Ratnanagar (Ward Number 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10), Bharatpur (Ward Number 8, 9, 11 and 12). The major rivers around the forest are Rapti, Budhi Rapti, and Khageri. The Beeshazari lake, which is located in the middle of jungle having altitude 256 m from sea level, is considered as the second largest natural wetland of Nepal and recently included in Ramsar site by NG.^{[clarification needed]}