[Tex/LaTex] wrapfigure at the bottom – no white space below wrapfigure

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I want to place some figures at the left or right side of my book resulting into a reduced column width for the text. So I am using wrapfigure environment with number of narrow lines of 40. By this way the figure covers the whole page. However, I want the figure to be place at the bottom and the white space above the figure. How can a realize this?

\begin{wrapfigure}[40]{O}{0.4\textwidth}
  \includegraphics[width=0.4\textwidth]{Fig3-Givonis-bioclimaticchart}
  \caption[Givoni's bioclimatic chart for four representative climate zones of Nepal]
    {Givoni's bioclimatic chart for four representative climate zones of Nepal}
  \label{fig:Fig3-Givonis-bioclimaticchart}
\end{wrapfigure}

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Best Answer

If you make the \parbox any taller, it won't fit on the page.

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{mwe}

\begin{document}
\setcounter{page}{2}
\begin{wrapfigure}{O}{0.4\textwidth}
  \parbox[b][\dimexpr \textheight-\baselineskip][b]{0.4\textwidth}{%
    \includegraphics[width=0.4\textwidth,height=0.6\textheight]{example-image}
    \caption{caption}}
\end{wrapfigure}

\lipsum[1-4]
\end{document}

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An alternative is to use paracol.

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{paracol}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{mwe}

\begin{document}
\setcounter{page}{2}
\setcolumnwidth{{\dimexpr 0.6\textwidth-\columnsep},0.4\textwidth}
\twosided[c]
\begin{paracol}{2}
  \sloppy
  \lipsum[1-4]
\switchcolumn
  \vspace*{\fill}
  \noindent\includegraphics[width=0.4\textwidth,height=0.6\textheight]{example-image}
  \captionof{figure}{caption}
  \newpage
\end{paracol}
\end{document}
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