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Doab (English: / ˈ d oʊ ɑː b /) is a term used in South Asia [1] for the tract [2] [1] of land lying between two confluent rivers. It is similar to an interfluve. [3] In the Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, R. S. McGregor refers to its Persian origin in defining it as do-āb (دوآب, literally "two [bodies of] water") "a region lying between and reaching to the confluence of two rivers."
Doaba, also known as Bist Doab or the Jalandhar Doab, [1] is the region of Punjab, India that lies between the Beas River and the Sutlej River. [2] People of this region are given the demonym "Doabia".
In any doab, khadar land (green) lies next to a river, while bangur land (olive) has greater elevation and lies further from the river. Khādir or Khadar and Bangar, Bāngur or Bhangar (Hindi language: खादर और बांगर, Urdu languageکهادر اور بانگر) are terms used in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi in the Indo-Gangetic plains of North India and Pakistan to ...
Dowab, also spelled Doab, [2] is one of the districts of Nuristan Province in Afghanistan. [3] It has a population of about 81,000 residents. They are mostly farmers , herders , traders, and shopkeepers.
The Upper Doab region The Upper Doab region, and Western Uttar Pradesh as a whole were among the only places in India to benefit a lot from the Green Revolution in the 1960s [5] The main crop grown in the Upper Doab is sugarcane [6] the sale mechanisms of crops are different from the rest of India as opposed to the mandi system, the produce is brought directly by mills [7]
Do Ab or Dow Ab or Du Ab or Doab or Dowab or Duab (Persian: دواب), meaning "two rivers", may refer to: Doab, a geographical feature in India; Do Ab, Bamiyan, a village in Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan; Do Ab (Iran), a rural area near Tehran, Iran; Do Ab, Gilan, a village in Gilan Province, Iran; Do Ab Mardakh, a village in Gilan Province, Iran
It comprises the central and southern parts of Jech Doab, and corresponds to the present-day Mandi Bahauddin, Sargodha and Gujrat districts in Pakistani Punjab. The Kirana bar falls within the lower half of Jech Doab (blue colour) in this map. Kirana Bar is named after Kirana Hills, a mountain range present in the region.
The region gently slopes towards the south east and consists of three regions: Upper, Middle and Lower Ganga Plains. The Upper Ganga Plain stretches 149,000 km 2 (58,000 sq mi) from the Shivalik range in the north and the Deccan Plateau in the south with the Yamuna River forming the rough western boundary. The region extends 550 km (340 mi) in ...