Khadar and Bhabar are both soil types found in the northern plains of India, particularly in the Ganga-Brahmaputra river system. Khadar is the newer, fertile alluvial soil deposited by floods, while Bhabar is the coarse pebbly soil at the foothills of the Himalayas where streams disappear underground. They are not grasslands, plantations, or seasonal streams (chos).