PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF INDIA
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Doab
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mesopotamia is known as the “land between two rivers".
Detailed explanation-2: -Doab (English: /ˈdoʊɑːb/) is a term used in South Asia for the tract of land lying between two confluent rivers. It is similar to an interfluve.
Detailed explanation-3: -Complete answer: Doab is a term used for the tongue, or tract of land lying between two converging, or confluent, rivers in India and Pakistan. It’s an interfluve-like item.
Detailed explanation-4: -’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.
Detailed explanation-5: -The name ‘Punjab’ is made of two words Punj (Five) + Aab (Water) indicating that it is a land of five rivers. These five rivers of Punjab are Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab, and Jhelum. Only Sutlej, Ravi and Beas rivers flow in today’s Punjab.