or Tarai Region of northern India and southern Nepal. It runs parallel to the lower Himalayan ranges and stretches from the Yamuna River to the Brahmaputra River. Numerous springs at its northern edge form several streams, including the Ghaghara River, that intersect the region and give it its marshy character. Much of the area's marshland, once malarial, has been drained and put under cultivation
A belt of marshy land, associated with disease, which lies between the foothills of the Himalayas and the plains