Geography
The Northern Plains
Practice questions
Which long term process was most decisive in the formation of the Northern Plains?What is the main factor that makes the Northern Plains fertile?The extent of the Indus Ganga Brahmaputra plain is evidence of what?What is the most accurate identification of the Bhabar belt in the Northern Plains?Why is the Terai region different from Bhabar?What is the higher part made of older alluvium called in the Northern Plains?What is the lower floodplain made of new alluvium called?The relief of the Ganga plain is mainly made of which type of deposit?Which landform is renewed repeatedly by floods in the Northern Plains?Why do many small streams disappear from the surface in Bhabar?What is the main physical reason for abundant forests and wildlife in Terai?The vast level character of the Northern Plains is most closely linked with which process?What is the significance of kankar found in Bhangar?Why do rivers in the Northern Plains tend to shift their courses?What is the main reason for the formation of river islands in the Brahmaputra plain?How is the Ganga Brahmaputra delta related to the Northern Plains?What is the most suitable combined reason for dense agriculture in the Northern Plains?What is the main physical reason for the slow flow of rivers in the Northern Plains?Why are meanders more common in the Northern Plains?The prominence of doabs in the Punjab plain is related to what?