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  Give an account of the Northern plains of India.                         Or Descibe how the Northern plains were formed. Also state three characteristics of Northern plain.                Or Describe any three features of Northern plains.                            Or Describe Northern plains of India.

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   (a) The Himalayan uplift out of the Tethys sea and subsidence of the Northern flank of the Peninsular plateau resulted in the formation of a large basin. In course of time, this depression gradually got filled with deposition of sediments from rivers flowing from the mountains in the North and led to formation of the fertile Northern plains. (b) They spread over an area of 7 lakh square km. The plains are about 2400 km long and 240-230 km broad. (c) It is a densely populated and an intensively cultivated area. (d) With its adequate water supply and favourable climate, it is agriculturally a very productive part of India. (e) The Northern plains are broadly divided into 3 sections. (f) The Western part of the Northern plains is called the Punjab plain, formed by the Indus and its tributaries. (g) The Ganga Plain extends between the Ghaggar and the Tista rivers, spread over the states of Haryana, Delhi, UP, Bihar and West Bengal. (h) The Brahmaputra plain lies to the East of the Ganga plains. It covers the areas of Asom and Arunachal Pradesh.