The Dooars or Duars (Bengali
: ডুয়ার্স; Nepali
: डुवर्स) are the floodplains
and foothills
of the eastern Himalayas
in North-East India
around Bhutan
. Duar means 'door' in Assamese
, Bengali
, Nepali
, Maithili
, Bhojpuri
, Magahi
and Telugu
languages, and the region forms the gateway to Bhutan from India
. There are 18 passages or gateways through which the Bhutanese people can communicate with the people living in the plains. This region is divided by the Sankosh river
into the Eastern and the Western Dooars, consisting of an area of 8,800 km² (3,400 sq mi). The Western Dooars is known as the Bengal Dooars and the Eastern Dooars as the Assam Dooars. Dooars is synonymous with the term Terai
used in Nepal
and northern India and form the only nitrate rich soil in India.
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