Bhutan (original) (raw)

Bhutani

Mindat Locality ID:

155899

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:155899:2

63d8d998-ecd9-4358-89d6-76edc68936f1

Farsi/Persian:

پادشاهی بوتان

Bhutan (/buːˈtɑːn/; Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Romanized: Druk Yul [ʈuk̚˩.yː˩]), officially known as the Kingdom of Bhutan (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་, Romanized: Druk Gyal Khap), is a landlocked country in the Eastern Himalayas, located between China and India.

Bhutan is known as "Druk Yul," or "Land of the Thunder Dragon".

Nepal and Bangladesh are located near Bhutan, but do not share a land border.

The country has a territory of 38,394 square kilometers (14,824 sq mi) which ranks 133rd in terms of land area.

Bhutan is a constitutional monarchy with Vajrayana Buddhism as the state religion.

The subalpine Himalayan mountains in the north rise from the country's lush subtropical plains in the south.

In the Bhutanese Himalayas, there are peaks higher than 7,000 meters (23,000 ft) above sea level.

Gangkhar Puensum is Bhutan's highest peak and is the highest unclimbed mountain in the world.

The capital and largest city is Thimphu.

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There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences	10
Youngest Fossil Listed	290 Ma (Permian)
Oldest Fossil Listed	497 Ma (Cambrian)
Stratigraphic Units	UnitNo. OccurrencesAgeSeti Khola6298.9 - 290.1 Ma (Paleozoic)Pele La - Quartzite4497 - 485.4 Ma (Cambrian)
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Accepted NameHierarchy AgePlatyteichumgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : **Platyteichum**298.9 - 290.1 MaPaleozoicKaolishaniagenusAnimalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Kaolishaniidae : **Kaolishania**497 - 485.4 MaCambrianOrthotetesgenusAnimalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Orthotetida : Orthotetidae : **Orthotetes**298.9 - 290.1 MaPaleozoicWaagenoconchagenusAnimalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Echinoconchidae : **Waagenoconcha**298.9 - 290.1 MaPaleozoicFenestridaorderAnimalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Fenestrida298.9 - 290.1 MaPaleozoicTrigonotreta orientensisspeciesAnimalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Trigonotretidae : Trigonotreta : **Trigonotreta orientensis**298.9 - 290.1 MaPaleozoicBillingsella tonkinianaspeciesAnimalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Billingsellida : Billingsellidae : Billingsella : **Billingsella tonkiniana**497 - 485.4 MaCambrianTaipaikia glabraspeciesAnimalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Tsinaniidae : Taipaikia : **Taipaikia glabra**497 - 485.4 MaCambrian
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• Sarpang District
  • Paleozoic🐚 Seti Khola
• Trongsa District
  • Cambrian🐚 WL-2

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Localities in this Region

• ⭔Bumthang District

  • ⭔Ura-Gajam Chu

• ⭔Chukha District

• ⭔Dagana District

• ⭔Gasa District

• ⭔Haa District

• ⭔Lhuntse District

• ⭔Mongar District

• ⭔Paro District

  • Chilai La
  • Khep-chishi Hill

• ⭔Pemagatshel District

  • Kothakpa

• ⭔Punakha District

• ⭔Samdrup Jongkhar District

• ⭔Samtse District

• ⭔Sarpang District

  • Burkhola

• ⭔Thimphu District

• ⭔Trashigang District

• ⭔Trashiyangtse District

• ⭔Trongsa District

  • Gongkhola copper deposit
  • Khosala

• ⭔Tsirang District

  • ⭔Damphu

• ⭔Wangdue Phodrang District

  • Manikyangsa pegmatitic granite
  • Rukubji

• ⭔Zhemgang District

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

Asia

• **Himalayas**Mountain Range
• **Hindukush Himalayan Region**Group of Mountain Ranges
• **Himalayan Orogenic Belt**Orogenic Belt

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