1. Name the states where Northern plains are extending. 2. Name the three River system of Northern plains. 3. Why Northern plains are the most productive part of India? 4. How are riverine islands and name the largest n smallest riverine island. 5. What are doabs? 6. Classify Northern plains according to the Rivers flowing. 7. Classify Northern plains on the basis of relief.
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1. This plain extends between Ghaggar and Tista rivers. The northern states, Haryana, Delhi, UP, Bihar, part of Jharkhand and West Bengal lie in the Ganga plains. Brahmaputra Plains: This plain forms the eastern part of the northern plain and lies in Assam.
2. The three river basins of the northern plains are the Punjab Plain, the Ganga Basin and the Brahmaputra Basin.
3. The northern plains of India are the most productive since they have the fertile alluvial soil which supports plant life greatly and also most of the perennial rivers of India are located in the northern part of the country .
4. the land between two parallel rivers”, and the island was formed by the merging of Brahmaputra and its anabranches in the Indian state of Assam. It is situated in the upper reaches of the river Brahmaputra. Thus, Majuli is the largest inhabited riverine island in the world.
5. Doab is a term used in South Asia for the tract of land lying between two confluent rivers. It is similar to an interfluve. In the Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, R. S. McGregor defines it as from Persian do-āb "a region lying between and reaching to the confluence of two rivers."
6. the Northern Indian plains can be classified into three categories: The river Indus along with its tributaries form the Punjab Plains. The river Ganga along with its tributaries form the Ganga Plains. The river Brahmaputra with its tributary form the Brahmaputra plains.
7. the northern plain can be divided into four regions, viz. Bhabar, Terai, Bhangar and Khadar.