INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Terai. Terai is an ill-drained, damp (marshy) and thickly forested narrow tract to the south of Bhabar running parallel to it. The Terai is about15-30 km wide. The underground streams of the Bhabar belt re-emerge in this belt.

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: -Bhabar is the gently-sloping coarse alluvial zone below the Sivalik Hills (outermost foothills of the Himalayas) where streams disappear into permeable sediments.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bhabar is a hilly area that is composed of loose rocks and boulders. Bhangar is an area that is composed of clay and sand. Khadar is an area that is composed of alluvial soil. Terai is a low-lying area that is composed of marshy land. Characteristics of Bhabar, bhangar, khadar and terai.

Detailed explanation-5: -Note: The Terai belt is located south to the Bhabar belt. This region is suitable for the cultivation of wheat, rice, maize and sugarcane etc. The Bhangar plains are old alluvial plains and these plains represent upland alluvial tracts.