Indo-Gangetic Plain

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agricultural region alluvial plain geographical region

The Indo-Gangetic Plain is a vast, fertile alluvial lowland in northern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, formed by the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra river systems and serving as one of the most densely populated and agriculturally productive regions in the world.

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Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form Occurrences
Gangetic plain 5
Ganges plain 4
Indo-Gangetic plain 4

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural region ⓘ
alluvial plain ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
borderedBy Himalayas ⓘ
Deccan Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Peninsular Plateau of India

Thar Desert ⓘ
climate subtropical monsoon climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
drainageBasin Brahmaputra ⓘ
surface form: Brahmaputra River basin

Ganges ⓘ
surface form: Ganges River basin

Indus River basin ⓘ
economicActivity agro-based industries ⓘ
intensive agriculture ⓘ
livestock rearing ⓘ
environmentalIssue air pollution ⓘ
flooding ⓘ
groundwater depletion ⓘ
soil salinization ⓘ
formedBy Brahmaputra ⓘ
surface form: Brahmaputra River

Ganges ⓘ
surface form: Ganges River

Indus River ⓘ
historicalSignificance core area of several historical empires in South Asia ⓘ
cradle of ancient Indian civilizations ⓘ
knownFor dense population ⓘ
high agricultural productivity ⓘ
intensive irrigation ⓘ
languageRegion Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
locatedIn South Asia ⓘ
majorCrop cotton ⓘ
pulses ⓘ
rice ⓘ
sugarcane ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
partOf Indo-Gangetic Plain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Great Plains of India

Indo-Gangetic Plain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Indus–Ganga–Brahmaputra Plain
populationDensity one of the highest in the world ⓘ
riverSystem Brahmaputra ⓘ
surface form: Brahmaputra River system

Ganges ⓘ
surface form: Ganges River system

Indus River basin ⓘ
surface form: Indus River system
separatedFrom Deccan Plateau ⓘ
soilType alluvial soil ⓘ
subregion Brahmaputra Valley ⓘ
Doab ⓘ
surface form: Doab region

Indo-Gangetic Plain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ganga Plain

Indus River basin ⓘ
surface form: Punjab Plain

Terai ⓘ
surface form: Terai region
terrainType lowland ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Karnal district → agroClimaticZone → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trans-Gangetic Plains Region
Delhi Sultanate → areaOfInfluence → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gangetic plain
Iravati → associatedWithRegion → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Punjab plains
Iranian plateau → borderedBy → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indus River plain
Eastern Himalayas → borders → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gangetic Plains
Himalayas → borders → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
Eurasia → contains → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges Plain
Oude → culturalRegionOf → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges plain
Ghurid Empire → expandedInto → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges plain
northern India → hasMajorPlain → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern India
this entity surface form: Gangetic Plain
northern India → hasMajorPlain → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern India
this entity surface form: Punjab Plain
Battle of Ghaghra → historicalRegion → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indo-Gangetic plain
Delhi → historicalRegion → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges plain
northern India → includesPhysicalRegion → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern India
Hindi Belt → locatedIn → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
Mughal Subah of Awadh → locatedIn → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
Darbhanga district → locatedInPlain → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gangetic plain
Rohtak district → locatedInPlain → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
Ambala → locatedOn → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
Karnal district → locatedOn → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indo-Gangetic plain
Mirzapur → locatedOn → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganges plain
Sarnath → locatedOn → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gangetic plain
Vedic period → location → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
Doab → partOf → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
Gomti → partOf → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indo-Gangetic plain
Indo-Gangetic Plain → partOf → Indo-Gangetic Plain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Plains of India
Indo-Gangetic Plain → partOf → Indo-Gangetic Plain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indus–Ganga–Brahmaputra Plain
Keoladeo National Park → partOf → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indo-Gangetic plains
Potohar Plateau → partOf → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
Rohilkhand → partOf → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gangetic plain
Uttar Pradesh → partOfRegion → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
Son River → region → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
West Bengal → region → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
Ibrahim Lodi → regionRuled → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indo-Gangetic plain
Kingdom of Kashi → regionType → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gangetic plain
Himalayan orogeny → resultsIn → Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indo-Gangetic foreland basin
Indo-Gangetic Plain → subregion → Indo-Gangetic Plain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ganga Plain