Himalayas Terai Valley, Nepal by Asiatravel.com

Packages, Tours & Attractions up to 75% discount. All with last minute availability & instant confirmation plus up to 5% cash rebate exclusively for our customers. In Nepal, Terai is differentiated into "outer" and "inner" Terai. Outer Terai begins at the alluvial, generally forested and often marshy zone along the southern edge of the ~700 metre Siwalik Range -- the first and lowest range of Himalayan foothills. In Nepalese usage Terai extends to the border with India and includes drier, mostly cleared agricultural land below the marshes. Indian usage is more tied to hydrology and ecology. In some places the wetter ecoregion extends kilometers south of the Nepal border into India. Most of the local population is ethnically Indian, natively speaking Hindi and dialects such as Awadhi, Bhojpuri and Maithili. They were largely disenfranchised during the Shah and Rana regimes that were largely administered by and for Paharis. This discrimination gave rise to political movements seeking greater representation. Major towns of the Outer Terai (east to west): Bhadrapur and Mechinagar in Mechi Zone Biratnagar Inaruwa and Itahari in Koshi Zone Lahan and Rajbiraj in Sagarmatha Zone Janakpur in Janakpur Zone Birgunj in Narayani Zone Butwal and Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) in Lumbini Zone Nepalganj in Bheri Zone Dhangadhi in Seti Zone Mahendranagar in Mahakali Zone Inner Terai refers to elongated valleys lying between the Siwalik Range and the 2-3,000 metre Mahabharat Range further...