<P> They are bounded on the south by a fault system called the Main Frontal Thrust , with steeper slopes on that side . Below this , the coarse alluvial Bhabar zone makes the transition to the nearly level plains . Rainfall , especially during the summer monsoon , percolates into the Bhabar , then is forced to the surface by finer alluvial layers below it in a zone of springs and marshes along the northern edge of the Terai or plains . </P>
<P> They are bounded on the south by a fault system called the Main Frontal Thrust , with steeper slopes on that side . Below this , the coarse alluvial Bhabar zone makes the transition to the nearly level plains . Rainfall , especially during the summer monsoon , percolates into the Bhabar , then is forced to the surface by finer alluvial layers below it in a zone of springs and marshes along the northern edge of the Terai or plains . </P>
the name given to the area at the foothills of the shiwalik range
the name given to the area at the foothills of the shiwalik range
Bhabar
Bhabar