Tarai
The Terai or Tarai is a lowland region in parts of southern Nepal and northern India that lies to the south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas, the Sivalik Hills and north of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
- Type: plain
- Description: lowland region in northern India and southern Nepal
- Also known as: “Duarai”, “Tarrai”, “Terai”, “Téraï”, “Terai lautada”, “Terai plains”, “Therai”, “Vidiniai terajai”, “тераи”, “Тераі”, “मधेस”, and “তরাই অঞ্চল”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Meghauli Airport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meghauli.
Tarai
- Location: Nepal, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.58° or 27° 34′ 48″ north
Longitude
84.23° or 84° 13′ 48″ east
Open location code
7MV6H6HJ+X2
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Tarai” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تيراي”
- Awadhi: “तराई”
- Basque: “Terai ordokia”
- Bengali: “তরাই”
- Bhojpuri: “तराई”
- Central Kurdish: “تێرای”
- Chinese: “德賴平原”
- Chinese: “德赖平原”
- Chinese: “特莱平原”
- Chinese: “蒂萊”
- Czech: “Teraje”
- Dotyali: “तराई”
- Dutch: “Terai”
- Esperanto: “Terajo”
- Finnish: “Terai”
- French: “Teraï”
- French: “Terraï”
- German: “Terai”
- Greek: “Τεράι”
- Hebrew: “טאראי”
- Hindi: “तराई क्षेत्र”
- Hungarian: “Terai”
- Indonesian: “Tarai”
- Indonesian: “Terai”
- Italian: “Terai”
- Japanese: “テライ”
- Kirghiz: “Тераи”
- Korean: “테라이”
- Lithuanian: “Terajai”
- Macedonian: “терај”
- Maithili: “तराई”
- Nepali: “तराई”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tarai”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Terai”
- Norwegian: “Tarai”
- Panjabi: “ਤਰਾਈ ਖੇਤਰ”
- Polish: “Teraj”
- Portuguese: “Terai”
- Russian: “Тераи”
- Sanskrit: “तराई”
- Slovenian: “Tarai”
- Spanish: “Terai”
- Swedish: “Terai”
- Tamil: “தெராய்”
- Ukrainian: “Тераї”
- Western Panjabi: “ترائی”
- “तराई”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Krishna Chowk and Parshadhap.
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