GK
INDIAS HERITAGE
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equatorial
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mountainous
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terai
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Terai are tropical forests found in foothills of Himalayas. The term includes marshes, savannah, grasslands and forest trees.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Terai or Tarai is a lowland region in northern India and southern Nepal that lies south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas, the Sivalik Hills, and north of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. This lowland belt is characterised by tall grasslands, scrub savannah, sal forests and clay rich swamps.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tarai, also spelled Terai, region of northern India and southern Nepal running parallel to the lower ranges of the Himalayas. A strip of undulating former marshland, it stretches from the Yamuna River in the west to the Brahmaputra River in the east.