what is Indus plain??????????????????explain
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The Indo-Gangetic Plain, also known as the Indus-Ganga Plain and the North Indian River Plain, is a 2.5-million km2 (630-million-acre) fertile plain encompassing northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, including most of northern and eastern India, the eastern parts of Pakistan, virtually all of Bangladesh and southern plains of Nepal. The region is named after the Indus and the Ganges rivers and encompasses a number of large urban areas. The plain is bound on the north by the Himalayas, which feed its numerous rivers and are the source of the fertile alluvium deposited across the region by the two river systems. The southern edge of the plain is marked by the Chota Nagpur Plateau. On the west rises the Iranian Plateau.
It was created by sendiments deposited by the indus and its tributaries,sutlej,ravi,vyas,chenab and jhelum.A major portion of the plains lies in pakistan.In india,it covers the states of punjab and haryana,hence it is called the punjab-haryana plain.it is flat and fertile .the rives of the region have created different lanforms ,such as bet and doab(land between two rivers ).Numerous irrigation facilities have been developed here because of the perrenial rivers and productive land .this network of canals and tube-wells helped usher in the green revolution in this region. the prominent cities include amritsar,chandigarh,etc.
It is also known as Indus-Sutlej Plain.