Doab
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Doab is a fertile alluvial region in northern India situated between the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, known for its dense agriculture and historical significance.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Doab region | 5 |
| Lower Doab | 1 |
| Middle Doab | 1 |
| Upper Doab | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
alluvial plain
ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ |
| agriculturalSystem | intensive irrigation ⓘ |
| climate | subtropical ⓘ |
| contains |
Doab
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Doab
Doab self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Doab
Doab self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Doab
|
| country | India ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
agro-based industries ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Persian words "do" (two) and "ab" (water) meaning "land between two rivers" ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
dense rural settlement
ⓘ
floodplains of Ganges ⓘ floodplains of Yamuna ⓘ network of canals ⓘ |
| hasSoilType | alluvial soil ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important region in medieval North India
ⓘ
key area in Mughal administration ⓘ site of numerous historical battles ⓘ |
| irrigatedBy |
Upper Ganga Canal system
ⓘ
surface form:
Ganges Canal system
Western Yamuna Canal ⓘ
surface form:
Yamuna Canal system
|
| knownFor |
dense agriculture
ⓘ
fertile land ⓘ high agricultural productivity ⓘ |
| languageRegion |
Braj Bhasha
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| locatedBetween |
Ganges
ⓘ
surface form:
Ganges River
Yamuna River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northern India ⓘ |
| majorCity |
Aligarh
ⓘ
Allahabad ⓘ Kanpur ⓘ Meerut ⓘ |
| majorCrops |
pulses
ⓘ
rice ⓘ sugarcane ⓘ wheat ⓘ |
| partOf | Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ |
| passesThrough | Uttarakhand ⓘ |
| religionRegion |
Hinduism
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ |
| riverOnEast |
Ganges
ⓘ
surface form:
Ganges River
|
| riverOnWest | Yamuna River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stateRegion | Uttar Pradesh ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | corridor between Delhi region and eastern Uttar Pradesh ⓘ |
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Doab region
subject surface form:
Northern India
this entity surface form:
Doab region
this entity surface form:
Doab region