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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 ...
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 Rarh region lies between the Chota Nagpur Plateau on the west [9] and the chief flow of the Ganges river (which has been continuously changing) in the east. [1] The Rarh plains comprise the lower Gangetic plains to the south of the Ganges, and to the west of its Bhagirathi-Hooghly distributary. [10] These plains are formed of old alluvial ...
The vast stretch of fertile Bihar Plain is divided by the Ganges River into two unequal parts - North Bihar and the South Bihar. [7] Northern Bihar's Plain is located in East Champaran & West Champaran (Terai area with higher elevation), and plains of Samastipur, Begusarai, Saharsa and Katihar. Region is drained by Saryu, Gandak, Burhi Gandak ...
Illegal mining in the Ganges river bed for stones and sand for construction work has long been a problem in Haridwar district, Uttarakhand, where it touches the plains for the first time. This is despite the fact that quarrying has been banned in Kumbh Mela area zone covering 140 km 2 area in Haridwar.
The North Bengal plains start from the south of Terai region and continue up to the left bank of the Ganges. The southern parts of the district Jalpaiguri , North Dinajpur baring some extreme northern regions, South Dinajpur , Malda , Alipurduar and southern part of Cooch Behar districts constitute this geographical region.
The Ganges originates from the Gangotri Glacier in Uttarakhand. [64] It flows southeast, draining into the Bay of Bengal. [28] (The Yamuna and Gomti rivers also arise in the western Himalayas and join the Ganges in the plains. [28] The Brahmaputra originates in Tibet, China, where it is known as the Yarlung Tsangpo River) (or "Tsangpo").
The ecoregion is currently densely populated, and the fertile plains have largely been converted to intensive agriculture, with only a few enclaves of forest remaining. A 2017 assessment found that 3,544 km 2, or 1%, of the ecoregion is in protected areas. [2] Protected areas in the ecoregion include: [1] Jim Corbett National Park