Question

How can you say that the nothern planes have diverse relief feature?

Answer 1

The most characteristic feature of the great plains of Northern India is their extreme horizontality. From the geomorphological aspect there is no difference between the Indus basin and the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin.

They are classified into four distinct divisions:
1. Bhabar belt: made up of pebbles and boulders, the streams flow underground, adjacent to foothills
2. Terai belt: composed of new alluvium, region is damped and thickly forested and receives heavy rainfall throughout the year and has a variety of wildlife.
3. Bangar Belt: composed of old alluvium, forms Gangetic delta, covered by laterite deposits
4. Khadar Belt: made up of new alluvium of the flood zones.