Question

The longest river plain in India is ________.

• A. Sutlej plain
• B. Godavari plain
• C. Krishna plain
• D. Gangetic plain

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Gangetic plain

• The Indus-Ganga plains, also known as the "Great Plains," are large floodplains of the Indus and the Ganga–Brahmaputra river systems.
  
• They run parallel to the Himalaya mountains, from Jammu and Kashmir in the west to Assam in the east and draining most of northern and eastern India.
  
• The Ganga basin covers over 12,500 sq. kilometers in northern India and ranks among the largest in the world in drainage basin area and length.