Question

Which of the following geological part is damp all year round?
1. Delta in Ganges
2. Terai and Dooars
3. Plane land in north bengal
4. Barind upland

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Terai and Dooars

The correct answer is Terai and Dooars.

• Dooars and Terai are plains in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas in northeast India and the major portion of it lies in the state of West Bengal in India.
• Dooars politically constitutes the plains of Darjeeling district, the whole of Jalpaiguri District, the upper region of Cooch Behar district in West Bengal.
• The Terai “low-lying land at the foot of the Himalayas”.
• Wildlife sanctuaries and national parks in this region are like the Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, Buxa National Park, Gorumara National Park, Chapramari Wildlife Reserve, and the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary in West Bengal.

• The Ganges Brahmaputra Delta, also named Ganges Delta, Sunderban Delta, or Bengal Delta is situated in Asia where the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers discharge into the Bay of Bengal.
  • The area of this delta is 100.000 km², the world's largest Delta. Approximately two-thirds of the delta is in Bangladesh, the rest constitutes the state of West Bengal, India.