A flat and level land is called a plain.
The plains of India include
The Northern Plains are an important physical division of India. It is also known as Indo - Gangetic plains.
Location of the Northern Plains
The Northern Plains are made up of two river basins.
Rivers of Northern Plain
A smaller river that flows into a bigger river is the tributary of the bigger river.
The Northern Plains region is one of the most fertile regions of our country.
In Northern Plains, most farmers use tractors to plow their fields.
Rishikesh, Haridwar, Prayag, Allahabad, Varanasi, Pataliputra, and Kolkata are some prominent out of them.
It is interesting to note that the Great Northern Plain can be broadly studied in four parts.
These are
Location of Northern Plains on Indian Map
Tea Gardens in Darjeeling, West Bengal
In the northern plains of India, there are several states and territories where people mostly work as farmers. They grow crops like rice, wheat, and sugarcane.
Alluvium – Fine soil brought down by the rivers and spread along the banks.
Tributaries – Rivers joining another big river. [Yamuna is a tributary of Ganga]
Basin – Region watered by a river.
Delta – Triangular shaped region formed between the channels of a river near its mouth.
Sediment – Solid material at the water bed.
The northern plains extend from Punjab in the west to West Bengal in the east.
The plains are irrigated by Ganga and its tributaries and Brahmaputra rivers.
The plains have been the cradle of ancient Indian civilization.
The plains are the most populous and fertile regions.
Ganga is the holy river of the Hindus. But it is now polluted by waste flowing into it
from big cities and industrial towns.
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