Why northern plain is densely populated? Give three reasons
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Water Availability : The northern pains have a large number of rivers and streams. The water is extremely essential for livelihood. Rivers like Ganga, Yamuna, Indus, Kosi, Chambal, Sutlej etc.
Food Supply : Early humans were hunters and therefore had to keep travelling to eat but when they learnt how to cultivate food they started to settle down. To grow food you need fertile soil.
Economical Benefits : As food supply picked up so did prosperity. everyone wants to be rich. So people colonized only those areas where they could earn a livelihood because no one would make a home in a desert and no one wants to be poor.
Food Supply : Early humans were hunters and therefore had to keep travelling to eat but when they learnt how to cultivate food they started to settle down. To grow food you need fertile soil.
Economical Benefits : As food supply picked up so did prosperity. everyone wants to be rich. So people colonized only those areas where they could earn a livelihood because no one would make a home in a desert and no one wants to be poor.
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Reason for northern plain is densely populated:
- The soil is very fertile so people moved to this region for agriculture and settlement.
- Climatic conditions are perfect and suitable for human livelihood.
- Having a flat land, development is easily accessible and vast resources are also available in this region.
Explanation:
- The northern plains of India is a vast plain region of alluvial soil and alluvium deposits laying there for over a million years in a large basin situated in the foothills of the Himalayas.
- The plain is very fertile for agriculture and spreads over an area of '700,000 square kilometers' of flat land.
- Huge and important rivers such as the Indus, Brahmaputra, and the Ganga flows through this region along with their tributaries.
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