The Terai, or Tarai (i.e. " moist land ") is the submontane strip of marshy jungle stretching beneath the lower ranges of the Perspective view of the Himalaya and Mount Everest as seen from space looking south-south-east from over the Tibetan Plateau. ...Himalaya in northern The Republic of India is the second most populous country in the world, with a population of more than one billion, and is the seventh largest country by geographical area. ...India and southern The Kingdom of Nepal, situated in the Himalaya, is the worlds only Hindu kingdom. ...Nepal. This strip may be said to extend roughly from the The river Yamuna is a major river of northern India, with a total length of around 1370 km. ...Jumna river on the west to the The Brahmaputra is one of the major rivers of Asia. ...Brahmaputra on the east. At its northern edge, where the waterless forest tract of the Bhabhar is a region in the Lower Himalayas mostly covering the Kumaon and Garhwal divisions in the Indian state of Uttaranchal. ...Bhabhar ends, a series of springs burst from the surface, and these, increasing and uniting in their progress, form the numerous streams that intersect the Terai. The Deoha is the great river of the Terai proper, and is navigable at Pilibhit.

Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Proboscidea is an order including only one extant family, Elephantidae or the elephants, with three species: the Savannah Elephant and Forest Elephant (which were collectively known as the African Elephant), and the Asian Elephant (formerly known as the Indian...Elephants, Binomial name Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) Tigers (Panthera tigris) are mammals of the Felidae family, one of four big cats that belong to the Panthera genus. ...tigers, Insert: Á á É é Í í Ó ó Ú ú À à È è Ì ì Ò ò Ù ù Â â Ê ê Î î Ô ô Û û Ä ä Ë ë Ï ï Ö ö Ü ü ß Ã ã Ñ ñ Õ õ Ç ç...bears, This page is about the animal. ...leopards and other wild animals are found.

This article incorporates text from the The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...public domain The Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica ( 1911) in many ways represents the sum of knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century. ...1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.