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Encyclopedia > Terai, Ishikawa

Terai (寺井町; -machi) is a town located in Nomi District, Ishikawa, Japan.


As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 15,874 and a density of 1,207.15 persons per kmē. The total area is 13.15 kmē.


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Terai Summary (575 words)
The Terai or Tarai ("moist land") is a belt of marshy grasslands, savannas, and forests at the base of the Himalaya range in India, Nepal, and Bhutan, from the Yamuna River in the west to the Brahmaputra River in the east.
Above the Terai belt lies the Bhabhar, a forested belt of rock, gravel, and soil eroded from the Himalayas, where the water table lies from 5 to 37 meters deep.
The Terai zone is inundated yearly by the monsoon-swollen rivers of the Himalaya.
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