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The narrow belt of the plain covered with pebbles lying along the foothills of the Shiwaliks from the Indus to the Teesta is called the ________________.

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Khadar belt
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Bhangar belt
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Bhabar belt
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Terai belt
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The correct option is C Bhabar belt
  • Bhabar
  • After descending from the mountains, the rivers deposit pebbles in a narrow belt.
  • The width of this belt is about 8 to 16 km and it lies parallel to the Shiwaliks.
  • This region is known as bhabar. All the streams disappear in this region.

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