PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA
NORTHEN PLALNS
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North India, Haryana, Delhi, U.P
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Bihar, partly Jharkhand and West Bengal to its East, particularly in Assam
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North India, Jharkhand and West Bengal
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Jharkhand and West Bengal
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Ganga plains stretch across the states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal.
Detailed explanation-2: -About 79% area of Ganga basin is in India. The basin covers 11 states viz., Uttarakhand, U.P., M.P., Rajasthan, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal and Delhi.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many developed cities like Delhi, Dhaka, Kolkata, Lahore and Karachi are located in the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ganga and Indus plain location To be more precise it runs parallel with the mountains of the Himalayas starting from the range of Jammu and Kashmir alongside Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is draining all across the Western side of Assam covering most of eastern and northern India.
Detailed explanation-5: -Hence, the average velocity of the water in the river Ganga is 23 km/hr.