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Streams and rivers coming from the mountains deposit heavy materials of rocks and boulders in

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Bhabar

The Bhabar is the coarse, porous belt along the Himalayan foothills where descending streams deposit pebbles and boulders as their gradient decreases. Water can infiltrate the deposits and re-emerge farther south in the Terai.

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