Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

A physiographic region has the following characteristics:

  • Its principal river flows from northeast to southwest before turning almost 90 degrees southward near Dhubri.
  • Its plains contain numerous riverine islands and sand bars.
  • Periodic floods and shifting river courses produce braided streams.

Which one of the following is the region described above?

  1. Indus Plain
  2. Ganga-Yamuna doab
  3. Bhabar belt
  4. Brahmaputra Plain
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