DOOARS Part 01.

DOOARS PART 01.

The Dooars are the alluvial floodplains in northeastern India that lie south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas and north of the Brahmaputra River basin. This region is about 30 km (19 miles) wide and stretches over about 350 km (220 miles) from the Teesta River in West Bengal to the Dhansiri River in Assam. The region forms the gateway to Bhutan. It is part of the Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands ecoregion.

There are 18 passages or gateways between the hills in Bhutan and the plains in India. This region is divided by the Sankosh River into Eastern and Western Dooars, consisting of an area of 880 km² (340 sq mi). The Western Dooars are also known as the Bengal Dooars, and the Eastern Dooars also as the Assam Dooars. Dooars is analogous with the Terai in northern India and southern Nepal.

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GEOGRAPHY OF DOOARS

The Dooars region constitutes the plains of Darjeeling District, the whole of Jalpaiguri district and Alipurduar district and the upper region of Cooch Behar district in West Bengal and the districts of Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Goalpara and Bongaigaon in the state of Assam.

ALTITUDE

The altitude of the Dooars area ranges from 90 to 1,750 m. Innumerable streams and rivers flow through these fertile plains from the mountains of Bhutan. In Assam, the major rivers are the Brahmaputra and Manas. In northern West Bengal, the major river is the Teesta besides many others like the Jaldhaka, Murti, Torsha, Sankosh, Dyna, Karatoya, Raidak, and Kalchini rivers, among others.

Climate

The average rainfall of the area is about 3,500 mm. Monsoon generally starts from the middle of May and continues until the end of September. Winters are cold with foggy mornings and nights. Summer is mild and constitutes a very short period of the year.

MAJOR CITIES AND TOWNS

The Dooars is a large region and is dotted with many towns and cities. The largest cities in the whole region stretching from the Darjeeling foothills to the Arunachal Pradesh foothills is Siliguri and Jalpaiguri, which both partly lie in the Terai region rather the Dooars, geographically. These northern Bengal cities are well connected with the rest of the country by road, air and railway and are the business hub of the region.

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The other major cities are Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Goalpara, Barpeta and Dhubri in Assam. Cooch Behar, Alipurduar, Dhupguri, Malbazar, Mainaguri and Birpara are the major cities of the Dooars in West Bengal and Kishanganj in Bihar. Also, the commercial capital of Bhutan, Phuentsholing, near Jaigaon, can be considered a part of this region.

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