Page 2 - Lesson Note

• Although the Northern Plains are described as one of the most level plain
is not extremely flat. The vast plains also have diverse relief features.

• Northern plains can be divided into four regions (according to the variations in
relief features)
→ Bhabar: lying at the foot hills of Shivalik, a narrow 8 to 16 km wide belt of
pebbles where Himalayan streams disappear.
→ Terai: lying next to Bhabar, a wet and marshy area with wildlife and forests
where Himalayan rivers re-emerge.
→ Bhangar: Older alluvium plain which rises above the level of the flood
plains.
→ Khadar: Younger alluvium of the flood plains.