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The Northern Plains - Coggle Diagram
The Northern Plains
Densely Populated
Adequate water supply
Favourable climate
Fertile land
Well-connected transport
Based on relief features
Bhabar
Narrow belt
Streams disappear due to deposition of pebbles
Width - 8 to 16 kms
Parallel to Shiwaliks
Terai
Wet region
Swampy and marshy
Forested region before, now it has been made arable land
Dudhwa National Park is found here
Bhangar
Largest part
Older alluvium soil
Terrace like structure
Located above Khadar region
Soil has calcareous deposits called
kankar
Khadar
Called
"floodplains"
Newer and younger deposits
Renewed every year
Very fertile
Suitable for agriculture
Interplay of rivers
Ganga
Brahmaputra
Indus
Division based on rivers
Punjab Plain
Formed by Indus majorly
Larger part lies in Pakistan
Dominated by doabs
Ganga Plain
Spread over North India and east till Bangladesh
Brahmaputra Plain
Assam
Important Facts
Majuli is the largest riverine island in the world. (Brahmaputra)
Doab = 'Do' + 'Ab'
'Do' means two
'Ab' means water
Land between two rivers
Fertile Plain
Alluvial Soil
Deposition of rivers from Himalayas
Distance - 2400 kms
Width - 240 to 320 kms
Area - 7 lakh sq km