Question

Explain any five main features of the Northern Indian plain

Answer 1

made up of interplay of three major River system the Indus the Ganga the Brahmaputra and its tributaries 2. It spreads over an area of 7 lakh square kilometres the plane being about 2400 km long and 240 to 320 kilometre broad is a densely populated physiographic area 3. Northern plain is also being divided into 3 sections namely Punjab Plains Ganga plains Brahmaputra plains........

Answer 2

According to the variations in relief features, northern plain can be divivided into four region . The river after deposit pebbles in a narrow belt about 8 to 16 km in width lying parallel to the slopes is know as bhabhar.South of this bhabhar belt create wet , swampy and marshy region Kwon as terrai. The largest part of northern plain of older alluvium is known as bhangar.The solil of this region is calcareous locally known as kankar . The newer and younger deposit of flood plain is known as khadar