Question

What do you understand by the term 'Doab'?

• A. Where the delta of river begins
• B. Where two or more rivers meet
• C. Land between two separate river systems
• D. Land between two tributaries of a river

Answer 1

The correct option is D Land between two tributaries of a river

Land between two tributaries of a river means 'Doab'. The place where two small streams join together and results in the formation of a big river is called a DOAB. The small streams might be the tributaries of a river also.

Doab. Doab is a term used in South Asia for the "tongue," or tract of land lying between two converging, or confluent, rivers. McGregor defines it as "(Persian do-āb: a region lying between and reaching to the confluence of two rivers.