North IndiaRegion of IndiaPlace in IndiaNorth India is a geographical region, loosely defined as a cultural region comprising the northern part of India wherein Indo-Aryans (speaking Indo-Aryan languages) form the prominent majority population, while Tibeto-Burmans (speaking Tibeto-Burman languages) form the significant minority population. It extends from the Himalayan mountain range in the north to the Indo-Gangetic Plain, the Thar Desert, till Central Highlands.
Beas RiverThe Beas River, anglicized from Vyas River (Hindi: व्यास नदी) in India, is a river in northwestern India, flowing through the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, and is the smallest of the five major rivers of the Punjab region. Rising in the Himalayas in central Himachal Pradesh, the river flows for approximately 470 kilometres (290 mi) into the Sutlej River in Punjab.
Chenab RiverThe Chenab River is a major river in India and Pakistan, and one of the five major rivers associated with the Punjab region. It is formed by the union of two headwaters, the Chandra and Bhaga, which rise in the upper Himalayas in the Lahaul region of Himachal Pradesh, India.
MajhaMajha (romanized:Mājhā; Punjabi pronunciation:; from "mañjhlā" lit.'middle') is a region located in the central parts of the historical Punjab region, presently split between the republics of Pakistan and India. It extends north from the right banks of the river Beas, and reaches as far north as left bank of the river Ravi. The Majha region was partitioned between India and Pakistan in 1947.
Jhelum RiverThe Jhelum River is a major river in South Asia, flowing through Pakistan and the disputed Kashmir region, and is the westernmost of the five major rivers of the Punjab region. It originates at Verinag in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, flows into Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir, and then flows through the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is a tributary of the Chenab River and has a total length of about 725 kilometres (450 mi).
Ravi RiverThe Ravi River is a river in South Asia that flows through northwestern India and eastern Pakistan forming the boundary between the two nations for about 50 miles before travelling westwards across eastern Pakistan. It is one of five major rivers of the Punjab region. Under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, the waters of the Ravi and two other rivers of the Punjab (Sutlej and Beas River) were allocated to India.
Upper DoabThe Upper Doab is a geographical and cultural region in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand. It is located between the rivers Ganga and Yamuna, in the northernmost part of the Yamuna Ganga doab. GeographyThe Upper Doab contains the districts of Dehradun, Haridwar, Saharanpur, Muzzafarnagar, Shamli, Meerut, Bagpat, Bijnor,Ghaziabad, Hapur, Gautam Budh Nagar, Bulandshahr and Aligarh. The geography of this region is flat, marked by irrigation canals.
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South AsiaSouth Asia is the southern sub-region of Asia that is defined in both geographical and ethnic-cultural terms. South Asia, with a population of 2.04 billion, contains a quarter (25%) of the world's population. As commonly conceptualised, the modern states of South Asia include Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, with Afghanistan also often included, which may also be classified as part of Central Asia.
ConfluenceIn geography, a confluence (also conflux) occurs where two or more watercourses join to form a single channel.
InterfluveAn interfluve is a narrow, elongated and plateau-like or ridge-like landform between two valleys. More generally, an interfluve is defined as an area of higher ground between two rivers in the same drainage system. FormationThese landforms are created by earth flow ("solifluction"). They can also be former river terraces that are subsequently bisected by fluvial erosion.
R. S. McGregorRonald Stuart McGregor, commonly R. S. McGregor or Stuart McGregor (24 October 1929 – 19 August 2013), was a philologist of the Hindi language. Best known as editor of the Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, a standard reference work published in 1993 after a sustained effort of twenty years, McGregor was a Fellow of Wolfson College and retired as Reader in Hindi at the University of Cambridge. BiographyMcGregor was born in New Zealand in 1929. His parents were Scottish.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.