With reference to the major regions of the northern plains, Bhabar is:

the older alluvium along the river beds forming terraces higher than the flood plain

a narrow belt of about 8 to 16 km that runs in the west-east direction along the foot of the Himalayas from the river Indus to Teesta

composed of newer alluvium and forms flood plains along the river banks

a broad long zone of northern India and southern Nepal running parallel to the lower ranges of the Himalayas