Northern Plains And Diverse Relief Features
Q 1. Why do the northern plains have diverse relief features?
Answer-
Three important rivers and many other small rivers flows through this region and the relief features helps in rainfall and hence in availability of water.
Q 2. What are the three major rivers involved in the formation of the northern plain?
Answer-
- The Indus river
- The Ganga
- The Brahmaputra
Q 3. What is the total area of the Northern plains of India?
Answer-
The total area of the northern plains is spread around 7 lakh kilometers. The total length is about 2400 km and about 240 to 320 km broad.
How can you say that the northern plains have diverse relief features?
The northern plain has been framed by the interaction of the three significant river systems, to be specific the Indus, the Ganga, and the Brahmaputra alongside their tributaries. Northern plains are spread over an area of seven lakh square kilometers. The plain being around 2400 Km long and 240 to 320 Km expansive, is a thickly populated physiographic division. With a rich soil cover combined with a sufficient water supply and an ideal environment, it is agriculturally an extremely useful part of India. Northern plains are divided into 4 regions which are on the basis of their relief. They have been listed below:
- Bhabar
- Terai
- Bhangar
- Khadar
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