INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA

PHYSICAL FEATURES OF INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What are doabs?
A
Tributaries between two pieces of land
B
A piece of land covered with water by three sides
C
Land between two tributaries of river
D
none of above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Doab is a term used in South Asia for the “tongue, ‘’ or tract of land lying between two converging, or confluent, rivers. McGregor defines it as “(Persian do-āb: a region lying between and reaching to the confluence of two rivers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Doab is a term used in India and Pakistan for the tongue, or tract of land lying between two converging, or confluent, rivers.

Detailed explanation-3: -’Doab’ means the land between two streams of a river. The place where two small streams join together and appear in the formation of a big river is called a doab. In other words, Doab separates two rivers. The small streams might be the tributaries of a river also. Suggest Corrections.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mesopotamia is known as the “land between two rivers".

Detailed explanation-5: -: a tract of land between two rivers : interfluve.

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