![]() The Urdu word ترائی तराई tarāʼī means "lands lying at the foot of a watershed" or "on the banks of a river low ground flooded with water, valley, basin, marshy ground, marsh, swamp meadow". North of the Terai rises the Bhabar, a narrow but continuous belt of forest about 8–12 km (5.0–7.5 mi) wide. The region comprises more than 50 wetlands. Nepal's Terai stretches over 33,998.8 km 2 (13,127.0 sq mi), about 23.1% of Nepal's land area, and lies at an elevation of between 67 and 300 m (220 and 984 ft). ![]() In Nepal, the term is applied to the part of the country situated north of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. The corresponding lowland region in West Bengal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Assam in the Brahmaputra River basin is called ' Dooars'. The Terai is part of the Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands ecoregion. In North India, the Terai spreads from the Yamuna River eastward across Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal. This lowland belt is characterised by tall grasslands, scrub savannah, sal forests and clay rich swamps. 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. Sharda River, Karnali River, Gandaki River, Koshi River Indian rhinoceros, Asian elephant, gaur, blackbuck, tiger, leopard, jungle cat, fishing cat, leopard cat, smooth-coated otter, large Indian civet, Asian palm civet, small Indian civet, hispid hare Aerial view of Terai plains near Biratnagar, Nepalīengal florican, lesser adjutant, swamp francolin, white-rumped vulture, Oriental darter, sarus crane
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