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The Middle Ganga Plain stretches to the east of the Upper Ganga plain and forms part of eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. It covers an area of 1.44 km 2 (0.56 sq mi), stretching 330 km (210 mi) in north–south direction and 600 km (370 mi) in the east–west direction. The elevation varies from 100 m (330 ft) in the western boundary to 30 m (98 ...
The Sutlej River [a] is a major river in Asia, flowing through China, India and Pakistan, and is the longest of the five major rivers of the Punjab region. It is also known as Satadru ; [ 3 ] and is the easternmost tributary of the Indus River .
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The supposed paleochannel of the Hakra is actually a paleochannel of the Sutlej, flowing into the Nara river bed, [13] presently a delta channel c.q. paleochannel of the Indus River. [75] [76] [77] At least 10,000 years ago, well before the rise of the Harappan civilization, the sutlej diverted its course, leaving the Ghaggar-Hakra as a monsoon ...
Śutudrī́ – Identified with Sutlej. Marúdvr̥dhā – Identified with Mahuvardhavan. [5] Haryana: Sarasvati [7] Āpayā́ and Āpayā́ – Streams/rivers of Sarasvati basin. [5] Drishadvati [5] [6] [8] Eastern Rivers: Áśmanvatī – Identified with Assan. Yamúnā – Identified with Yamuna. Aṃśumátī – Probably an epithet for ...
For instance, a high average erosion rate of 1.8 mm/yr has been reported in the frontal Sutlej's Himalayan catchment, contributing to large sedimentation load. [14] Below the Indo-Gangetic Plain lies the generally undeformed Indian Craton strata. All of them are bounded by the Main Frontal thrust (MFT) at the northeast side. [3]
The Ganges Basin is a major part of the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) basin draining 1,999,000 square kilometres in Tibet, Nepal, India and Bangladesh. To the north, the Himalaya or lower parallel ranges beyond form the Ganges-Brahmaputra divide. On the west the Ganges Basin borders the Indus basin and then the Aravalli ridge.
The Indus Basin. The Indus Basin is the part of Asia drained by the Indus River and its tributaries. The basin covers an area of 1,120,000 km 2 (430,000 sq mi) [1] [a] traversing four countries: Afghanistan, China, India, and Pakistan, with most of the area lying predominantly in the latter two countries.