Which physiographic region of the Northern Plains of India is characterised by a wet, marshy, and swampy surface and lies immediately south of the Bhabar belt due to the re-emergence of rivers?
Terai
The Northern Plains are divided into Bhabar, Terai, Bhangar and Khadar.
Bhabar is a narrow belt of pebbles along the Shiwalik foothills where streams disappear underground.
South of the Bhabar, these streams re-emerge, creating a wet, swampy and marshy region with dense forests — the Terai.
Bhangar is the older alluvium forming raised terraces, and Khadar is the newer alluvium of the floodplains. Karewas are lacustrine deposits of Kashmir, not part of the Northern Plains.
Hence, Terai.
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