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'''Bhabar''' or '''Bhabhar''' ([[Kumaoni language|Kumaoni]]: bhābar) is a region south of the Lower [[Himalayas]] and the [[Sivalik Hills]] in [[Uttarakhand]] state of [[India]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080407212245/http://nainital.nic.in/flora.htm Bhabhar] Official website of [[Nainital district]].</ref> It is the [[alluvial fan|alluvial apron]] of sediments washed down from the Sivaliks along the northern edge of the [[Indo-Gangetic Plain]].<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The name ''Bhabar'' refers to a local tall-growing grass, ''[[Eulaliopsis binata]]'',<ref>{{Cite journal<br />
| last = Sahu| first = S. C.<br />
| title = Ethnobotany of Eulaliopsis binata (Retz.) Hubbard - Poaceae, in Orissa, Eastern India: Cultivation Practice, Economics and Prospects<br />
| journal = Journal of Advances in Developmental Research<br />
| volume = 1<br />
| issue = 2<br />
| year = 2010<br />
| access-date = 12 April 2011<br />
| pages = 155–160<br />
| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275350337<br />
|display-authors=etal}}<br />
</ref> used for the manufacture of paper and rope.<ref>[http://www.uttara.in/bamboo/natural_fiber/species.html Main Natural Fibers indigenous to Uttarakhand - Bhabar] Bamboo and Fiber Development Board, [[Government of Uttarakhand]] Portal.</ref><br />
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==Overview==<br />
Bhabar is the gently-sloping coarse [[alluvial]] zone below the Sivalik Hills (outermost foothills of the [[Himalayas]]) where streams disappear into permeable [[sediment]]s. The underground water level is deep in this region, then rises to the surface in the [[Terai]] below where coarse alluvium gives way to less permeable [[silt]] and [[clay]]. The [[Ganges River]] lies to the west and [[Sharda River|Sharda]] to the east.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tiwari |first1=B. C. |title=Wildlife in the Himalayan Foothills: Conservation and Management |date=1997 |publisher=Indus Publishing Company |isbn=9788173870668 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1U8F4hdP6wgC&pg=PA170 |access-date=25 August 2019}}</ref><br />
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Being at the junction of Himalayas and the Indo-Gangetic Plain, Bhabar contains almost all the important trade and commerce hubs of [[Uttarakhand]] state. Due to the top-soil replenishment every [[monsoon]], It is also a fertile area with large yields per unit area.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}<br />
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==History==<br />
In 1901 Bhabar was also one of four division of [[Nainital district]].<ref name=Ramsay>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_331.gif 1857] [[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]] 1909, v. 18, p. 325.</ref> It included 4 towns and 511 villages with a combined population of 93,445 (1901), spread over {{convert|1279|sqmi|km2}}.<ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_332.gif Nainital District] [[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]] 1909, v. 18, p. 326.</ref> It corresponded to the current <br />
subdivision of [[Haldwani]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [[Species:Eulaliopsis binata|Eulaliopsis binata]] at ''[[wikispecies]]''<br />
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