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AFGHANISTAN ALTITUDE SCALE
(Height in metres)
Jhelum
151 – 300
G
0 – 150
R
N
A Ravi Beas Govind E
T Sagar Manasarowar
S Chenab Nanda Devi A Lake C H I N A
I Satluj 7817 T
K H T I B E T
A I M A L A Y A
P Indus ROHILKHAND Sagarmatha
Mt. Everest
A R Yamuna Ganga N E 8848 Kandhenjunga
G Sarda P A 8598
A L BHUTAN
B AVA D H Brahmaputra
N Ghaghara Gandak DUARS BRAHMAPUTRA PLAIN
A
H
Luni S T ARAVALI RANGE Chambal Betwa Kosi
A Ganga
P L A I N O F T H E G A
J
A SonN G A
R Gandhi Sagar Rana BUNDELKHAND BANGLADESH
MEWAR
Pratap Sagar
Sabarmati PLATEAU Govind Ballabh C H O T A N A G P U R Parasnath Hugli Padma
MALWA
Pant Sagar
1366
E
G
Gulf of Kachchh Mahi Y A R A N Narmada BAGHELKHAND S U N D A R B A N S MYANMAR
KATHIAWAR I V N D H Hirakud
The Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin
world’s largest river basins, located in India. plain and the delta is covered with mangrove
Though the plain has been formed by three main forests. In parts like Uttarakhand, Sikkim, and
rivers – Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra, they Arunachal Pradesh, coniferous trees like pine,
each have many tributaries which drain the deodar, and fir are found because of the cool
region. Unlike the Amazon river, the rivers of climate and steep slopes. Elephants, monkeys,
Ganga-Brahmaputra plain have formed their vast tigers, deer, crocodiles, alligators, etc. are animals
flood plains depositing their alluvium in layers commonly found all across the basin, while the
year after year. Indeed, the basin was once a one-horned rhinoceros is found in the
depression, but has now been filled with allu- Brahmaputra plain and the Royal Bengal tiger in
vium. At their mouth, the two rivers together the Sundarbans delta. A lot of aquatic life is
form the world’s largest delta called the Ganga- found in the fresh river waters, lakes and in the
Brahmaputra delta. Bay of Bengal and the most popular varieties of
Climate fish are rohu, catla, and hilsa.
The main climate here is the monsoon climate.
Monsoons bring rains between mid-June and
mid-September. The summers are hot and
winters cool.

Flora and Fauna
Vegetation in different areas of the Amazon-Basin
depends on the types of landform. The Ganga
and Brahmaputra plains, for example, are
covered with tropical deciduous trees and also
with trees such as teak, sal and peepal. Thick
bamaboo groves are grown in the Brahmaputra Pine Royal Bengal Tiger

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