Indo-Gangetic Plain
The Indo-Gangetic Plain, also known as the North Indian Plain or the Indus-Gangetic Plain, is a fertile plain spanning 700,000 km2 across the northern and north-eastern part of the Indian subcontinent.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rikkimaheshwari, FAL.
- Type: Plain
- Description: plain
- Also known as: “Indo-Gangetic-Brahmaputra plain”, “Indus and Ganges Lowland”, “Indus-Ganga-Brahmaputra Plain”, “North India Plains”, “Northern Plains”, “Plain of Northern India”, and “Plains of Hindustan”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kannauj.
Kannauj
Photo: Nature lusty vikash, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kannauj is at the eastern end of the Doab region of Uttar Pradesh, in a culturally transient zone between the Doab and Awadh.
Indo-Gangetic Plain
- Categories: plain and landform
- Location: India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Indo-Gangetic Plain” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سهل الغانج الهندي”
- Armenian: “Ինդոս-Գանգեսյան հարթավայր”
- Asturian: “Enllanada indogangética”
- Asturian: “Llanura indoganxética”
- Azerbaijani: “Hind-Qanq ovalığı”
- Bashkir: “Һинд-Ганг тигеҙлеге”
- Basque: “Indo-gangear ordokia”
- Basque: “Indus-Gangesetako lautada”
- Belarusian: “Інда-Гангская раўніна”
- Belarusian: “Інда-Ганская нізіна”
- Belarusian: “Інда-Ганская раўніна”
- Bengali: “গাঙ্গেয় সমভূমি অঞ্চল”
- Bengali: “সিন্ধু-গাঙ্গেয় সমভূমি”
- Bhojpuri: “𑂏𑂁𑂏𑂰 𑂍𑂵 𑂧𑂶𑂠𑂰𑂢”
- Bhojpuri: “𑂮𑂱𑂁𑂡𑂳-𑂏𑂁𑂏𑂰 𑂍𑂵 𑂧𑂶𑂠𑂰𑂢”
- Bulgarian: “Индо-Гангска равнина”
- Catalan: “Plana Indogangètica”
- Cebuano: “Indo-Gangetic Plain”
- Chinese: “中央平原”
- Chinese: “印度河-恒河平原”
- Chinese: “印度河恒河平原”
- Chinese: “恒河平原”
- Croatian: “Indogangeska nizina”
- Czech: “Indoganžská nížina”
- Czech: “Indoganžská rovina”
- Danish: “Gangessletten”
- Danish: “Indus-Gangessletten”
- Dutch: “Gangesvlakte”
- Dutch: “Indus-Gangesvlakte”
- Dutch: “Indusvallei”
- Dutch: “Indusvlakte”
- Esperanto: “Indus-Ganga ebenaĵo”
- Esperanto: “Indus-Ganga Ebenaĵo”
- Estonian: “Induse-Gangese madalik”
- Finnish: “Indo-Gangesin tasanko”
- French: “Inde du Nord”
- French: “Plaine du Gange”
- French: “Plaine indo-gangetique”
- French: “Plaine indo-gangétique”
- Galician: “Chaira indoganxética”
- Georgian: “ინდ-განგის ვაკე”
- German: “Indus-Ganges-Brahmaputra-Ebene”
- German: “Zentralindien”
- Greek: “Βόρεια πεδιάδα”
- Hebrew: “אזור המישורים של הודו”
- Hindi: “सिन्धु-गंगा का मैदान”
- Hindi: “सिन्धु-गंगा के मैदान”
- Hungarian: “Indo-Gangeszi-síkság”
- Indonesian: “Dataran Rendah Indo-Gangga”
- Italian: “Pianura del Gange”
- Italian: “pianura indo-gangetica”
- Italian: “Pianura indo-gangetica”
- Japanese: “ヒンドゥスターン平野”
- Japanese: “ヒンドスタン平原”
- Japanese: “ヒンドスタン平野”
- Kannada: “ಸಿಂಧೂ ಗಂಗಾ ಬಯಲು”
- Kazakh: “Ündi-Gang jazıqtığı”
- Kazakh: “Үнді-ганг жазығы”
- Kazakh: “Үнді-Ганг жазықтығы”
- Kazakh: “ٴۇندى-گانگ جازىقتىعى”
- Kirghiz: “Инд-ганг түздүгү”
- Korean: “인더스-갠지스 평원”
- Korean: “인도 대평원”
- Korean: “인도-갠지스 평원”
- Korean: “인도·갠지스 평원”
- Korean: “힌두스탄 평원”
- Lithuanian: “Indo-Gango lyguma”
- Lithuanian: “Indo-Gango žemuma”
- Lithuanian: “Indo-Gangos lyguma”
- Lithuanian: “Indo-Gangos žemuma”
- Lithuanian: “Indo–Gangos lyguma”
- Luxembourgish: “Indus-Ganges-Brahmaputra-Flaachland”
- Macedonian: “Индо-ганшка Низина”
- Macedonian: “Индо-ганшка Рамнина”
- Macedonian: “Индоганшка Низина”
- Macedonian: “Индоганшка Рамнина”
- Magahi: “सिन्धु-गङ्गा मैदान”
- Magahi: “सिन्धु-गङ्गा-ब्रह्मपुत्र मैदान”
- Malayalam: “Gangetic plain”
- Malayalam: “Indo-Gangetic Plain”
- Malayalam: “Indo-Gangetic plains”
- Malayalam: “സിന്ധു-ഗംഗാ സമതലം”
- Mingrelian: “ინდ-განგიშ რზენი”
- Nepali: “सिन्धु गङ्गा मैदान”
- Nepali: “सिन्धु-गङ्गा मैदान”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Det nordindiske lavlandet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dei nordindiske elveslettene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Det nordindiske låglandet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Indus-Ganges-Brahmaputra-sletta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Indus-Ganges-sletta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Indus-Gangessletta”
- Norwegian: “Det nordindiske lavlandet”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Plana Indogangetica”
- Panjabi: “ਸਿੰਧ-ਗੰਗਾ ਮੈਦਾਨ”
- Persian: “جلگه ایندوس و گنگ”
- Persian: “جلگه سند و گنگ”
- Polish: “Nizina Hindustańska”
- Portuguese: “Planície Indo-Gangética”
- Romanian: “Câmpia Indo-Gangetică”
- Russian: “Индо-Гангская низменность”
- Russian: “Индо-Гангская равнина”
- Serbian: “Индо-ганшка низија”
- Slovak: “Indogangská nížina”
- Slovenian: “Severnoindijsko nižavje”
- Spanish: “Llanura del Ganges”
- Spanish: “Llanura gangetica”
- Spanish: “Llanura gangética”
- Spanish: “Llanura Indo Gangetica”
- Spanish: “Llanura Indo Gangética”
- Spanish: “Llanura Indo-Gangetica”
- Spanish: “Llanura Indo-Gangética”
- Spanish: “Llanura indogangetica”
- Spanish: “Llanura indogangética”
- Spanish: “Planicie Indo Gangetica”
- Spanish: “Planicie Indo Gangética”
- Spanish: “Planicie Indo-Gangetica”
- Spanish: “Planicie Indo-Gangética”
- Swahili: “Tambarare ya Uhindi Kaskazini”
- Swedish: “Indo-Gangetic Plain”
- Swedish: “Nordindiska slättlandet”
- Tamil: “சிந்து கங்கைச் சமவெளி”
- Tamil: “சிந்து-கங்கைச் சமவெளி”
- Tatar: “Һинд-Ганг тигезлеге”
- Telugu: “ఇండో-గంగా మైదానం”
- Thai: “ที่ราบลุ่มแม่น้ำสินธุ-คงคา”
- Turkish: “Hint-Ganj Ovası”
- Turkish: “Indo-Gangetic Ovası”
- Ukrainian: “Гангська рівнина”
- Ukrainian: “Індо-Гангська низовина”
- Ukrainian: “Індо-Гангська рівнина”
- Ukrainian: “Індо-Ганзька рівнина”
- Urdu: “سندھ و گنگ کا میدان”
- Uzbek: “Hindgang tekisligi”
- Vietnamese: “Đồng bằng Ấn-Hằng”
- Western Panjabi: “انڈس تے گنگ دا میدان”
- Western Panjabi: “سندھ تے گنگ دا میدان”
- Wu Chinese: “印度河-恒河平原”
- Yue Chinese: “中央平原”
- “सिंधु-गंगा के मैदान”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Durjanpur and Samādhi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mani Mau railway station and Gangawapur Halt.
India: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Bangalore.
Curious Plains to Discover
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Indo-Gangetic Plain”. Photo: Rikkimaheshwari, FAL.