1. Which river has the largest inhabited riverine islands in the world? 2. Name the largest inhabited riverine islands in the world? 3. In which belt of Northern plains do all the rivers disappear? 4. Why is the Northern plain, most productive part of India? 5. What is the extent of Northern plains of India?
6. Define Distributaries. 7. What is meant by doab? 8. What is the newer, younger deposits of the flood plains called? 9. What is the soil of the Bangar region that contains calcareous deposits locally
known as?
10.What is the swampy and marshy region of the Northern plains called as?
Answers
Answer:
1. Brahmaputra River
2. Majuli Island
3. Bhabhar belt
4. why is the northern plains most productive parts in India. This is because the climatic conditions are good at the northern plains. River Ganges passes through it which deposits fertile soil. ... Hence northern plains are most productive in India.
5. Normally, it is said that the Nortgern plains extends from river satluj to river Brahmaputra from west to east and from Tarai of Himalayas in the north to the vindhyas in South from where peninsular region starts. Some states like Punjab, Haryana, U.P, Bihar, W.B, M.P, some parts of Gujarat lies in the northern plains.
6. distributary, or a distributary channel, is a stream that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel. Distributaries are a common feature of river deltas. The phenomenon is known as river bifurcation. The opposite of a distributary is a tributary.
7. Definition of doab. : a tract of land between two rivers : interfluve.
8. The newer younger deposits of the flood plains are called Khadar.
9. Kankar
It contains calcareous deposits locally known as 'Kankar'. Soil is not very fertile.
10. Terai region
The Terai region in Northern Plains of India consists of wet, swampy and marshy land. Geologically, we find great physical variations on earth re-emerge and create a wet, swampy and marshy region known as the Terai.