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• Critical thinking
• Information literacy
21st CENTURY SKILLS
• Problem solving

Competencies
C-1.1, C-4.2, C-5.3
3 India—The Northern Plains

Warm Up

Match the states with their capitals.

State Capital
1. Uttar Pradesh (a) Chandigarh

2. Bihar (b) Kolkata

3. Punjab (c) Patna

4. West Bengal (d) Lucknow

The Northern Plains are the largest

stretch of flat and levelled land in
India. The Northern Plains are

located towards the south of the
Northern Mountains and in the

north of the Southern Plateaus.
They extend from Punjab in the

west to Assam in the east, to a
distance of about 2,500 km. The

width varies between 150 km to
300 km. States in the Northern Plain Region

The Northern Plains have been formed by the deposition of gravel, sand,
clay and silt, brought by the rivers coming from the mountains. The

fine silt is very fertile and is called alluvium. The main rivers flowing
through the Northern Plains are Satluj, Ganga and Brahmaputra and

their tributaries. These rivers carry water almost throughout the year.
The area watered by a river and its tributaries is called its river basin.

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