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Punjab Plains
The Punjab Plain is a large alluvial plain in Eastern Pakistan and Northwestern India. The plain includes the Pakistani province of Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab and the Indian states of Punjab (India), Punjab and Haryana, and parts of Rajasthan. This plain is around 200–300 meters above mean sea level. The plain is extensively farmed for cereals and cotton. The plain is the western part of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, North Indian River Plain, formed by the Indus River and its tributaries - the Jhelum River, Jhelum, the Chenab River, Chenab, the Ravi River, Ravi, the Beas River, Beas and the Sutlej. The land formed of alluvium in between two rivers known as ''Doab'' is found here. Bhangar : The flood plains formed due to deposition of older alluvium is known as ''Bhangar''. Bet : The flood plains seen here which are formed due to repeated deposition of new alluvium during each flood is known as ''Bet. The plains are in the plain biomes''. References Plains of India Landforms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alluvial Plain
An alluvial plain is a largely flat landform created by the deposition of sediment over a long period of time by one or more rivers coming from highland regions, from which alluvial soil forms. A floodplain is part of the process, being the smaller area over which the rivers flood at a particular period of time, whereas the alluvial plain is the larger area representing the region over which the floodplains have shifted over geological time. As the highlands erode due to weathering and water flow, the sediment from the hills is transported to the lower plain. Various creeks will carry the water further to a river, lake, bay, or ocean. As the sediments are deposited during flood conditions in the floodplain of a creek, the elevation of the floodplain will be raised. As this reduces the channel floodwater capacity, the creek will, over time, seek new, lower paths, forming a meander (a curving sinuous path). The leftover higher locations, typically natural levees at the margins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
