karewa

noun

1. A type of elevated tableland or plateau-like terraces found primarily in the Kashmir Valley and Bhadarwah Valley in India.

   “It has been roughly calculated that the plains of Kashmir, including the Karewas, comprise an area of at least 650 square miles, while on the surrounding mountains there is another area of 150 of pasture land.”

   “These karewa beds are found in a ring along the outer periphery of the vale. They form flat-topped table lands, about one to two hundred meters high.”

   “This cluster contains sites which lie on the exposed elevated areas os stiff Karewa soils in the northern part of Srinagar City known as Soura-Buchpora Karewa.”