Where can I find the backups.backupdb folder?

I accidently moved my backups.backupdb folder in my Macintosh HD to another place. Now, I forgot its orginal place. Would anyone like to help me provide some info on the original place? Is it under "library" or under "systerm"?
Thank you for your kind help.

If the backups.backupdb is on Macintosh HD then you are backing to the same disk drive that is storing your data. This is not a good backup plan. The usual reason to need the backup is disk drive failure. If both your data and the backup are on the same disk drive and it fails you lost everything.
You need to get an external disk drive for Time Machine to send the backups to so that in case Macintosh HD fails then you still have your backup on another disk drive.
If you search for backups,backupdb in SpotLight that should find it for you.

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