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define the term - bhabar, terai, bhangar, kankar

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Answered by devil1407
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$BHABAR:
*The rivers deposit pebbles in a narrow belt.

*It comprises of pebble- studded rocks in the shape of porus beds.

*This region is known as bhabar.

*The width of this belt is about 8 to 16 km and it lies parallel to the Shiwaliks.

$TERAI:
#The Terai (Hindi: तराई Nepali: तराइ) is a lowland region in southern Nepal and northern India that lies south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas, the Siwalik Hills, and north of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

$BHANGAR:
¤The slightly elevated, terraced land of older alluvium—and khadar, the more fertile fresh alluvium on the low-lying floodplain.

¤In general, the ratio ofbhangar areas to those of khadar increases upstream along all major rivers.

$KANKAR:
~A sedimentological term derived from Hindi occasionally applied in India and the United States to detrital or residual rolled, often nodular calcium carbonate formed in soils of semi-arid regions.

~It forms sheets across alluvial plains and can occur as this soil.

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Answered by sijasubbiah
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Bhabar:
Bhabar is one of the four regions into which the Northern Plains are divided. This is a belt in which , the rivers, after descending from the mountains deposit pebbles. It is about 8 to 16 km in width. It lies parallel to the slopes of Shiwalik.

Terai:
Terai belt lies to the south of Bhabhar and run parallel to it.Terai is 20 to 30 km wide.Terai is composed of comparatively finer alluvium and is covered by forest.

Bhangar:
The alluvial soil found in the large part of North India is called Bhangar. This is an old soil which is alluvial in nature and is above the flood levels of the rivers in the region. It is often seen in the structure of a terrace. Bhangar contains many calcareous deposits and also has many kankars within it.

Kankar:
Kankar. a sedimentological term derived from Hindi occasionally applied in India and the United States to detrital or residual rolled, often nodular calcium carbonate formed in soils of semi-arid regions.

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