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, north-western and north-eastern part of .
  • 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”, “Plains of Hindustan”, and “the Indo-Gangetic Plain”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kannauj.

is an ancient city in the Indian state of and a municipal board home to the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district.

Indo-Gangetic Plain

Latitude
27° north
Longitude
80° east
Elevation
122 metres (400 feet)
Open location code
7MV22222+22
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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: “गंगा के मैदान”
  • Bhojpuri: “सिंधु-गंगा के मैदान”
  • Bhojpuri: “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”
  • Hebrew: “המישור הצפון-הודי”
  • Hebrew: “מישור אינדוס-גנגס”
  • 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: “Hind-Gang tekisligi”
  • 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

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Notable Places Nearby

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