Extent
As a large plain, the exact extent can vary from source to source. Roughly, the Indo-Gangetic Plain stretches across:
- Kashmir in the north;
- the Punjab region of Pakistan and the Aravalli Range;
- Sindh in the west;
- the Himalayan foothills of Assam and Bangladesh in the east; and
- the Vindhya and Satpura Range, and the Chota Nagpur Plateau in the south.
The fertile Terai region is the Nepalese extension of the Plain. The rivers encompassed are the Beas, the Chambal, the Chenab, the Ganges, the Gomti, the Indus, the Ravi, the Sutlej and the Yamuna. The soil is rich in silt, making the plain one of the most intensely farmed areas of the world. Even rural areas here are densely populated.
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