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India : Location, Geologial Structure and Physiography-Il — Social Science STD 9 — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 9Social ScienceIndia : Location, Geologial Structure and Physiography-Il3 Marks
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Write a short note on Northern Plain.
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Answer

Northern Plain:
  1. The plain located between northern mountainous region and the southern peninsula is called northern plain.
  2. This plain informed due to the alluvial deposits brought by Himalayan rivers such as Satluj, Ganga and Brahmaputra.
  3. At some places, the layers of the alluvium are about 50 meters thick.
  4. Since these plains occupy a very large area in north India, there are also known as vast plains of Northern India.
  5. The plain is about 2400 km long and is considered as one of the largest river plains of the world.
  6. The plain is almost a level land i.e., Flat land. None of its part is higher than 180 metres from sea-level.
  7. The Satluj plain lies to the west of Delhi while the Ganga plain is in the east.
  8. Major cities such as Delhi, Kolkata, Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, etc. are situated in this plain.

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