Tarai
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Tarai is low-lying, marshy land covered with tall, feathery grass, beautifully monotonous.
From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas
The unimpeachable authority of Mr. Hodgson tells us that the Arna in the Nepal Tarai sometimes does reach a height of 6 ft.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry
It is also the language of the inhabitants of the neighbouring Tarai districts of Nepal.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
This low region is called Tariyani, Tarai, or Ketoni, and, as I have said, is, in general, about twenty miles in width.
From An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha by Hamilton, Francis
Biliku and Tarai are the producers of rain, storms, thunder and lightning.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
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