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| [[Image:Indo-Gangetic Plain.jpg|thumb|200px|The North Gangetic Plains of India, Bangladesh and Nepal. The [[Ganges River]] is in the middle of the plains.]] | | #REDIRECT[[Indo-Gangetic Plain]] |
| The '''Gangetic Plains''' is the [[plain|large space of level land]] that is made by the [[Ganges River]] in the northern parts of India and the border surrounding areas of the [[Himalayas]]. It is an important part of the countries of [[India]], [[Nepal]], and [[Bangladesh]]. Its space of about {{convert|700,000|sqkm|sqmi|sp=us|disp=or|sigfig=2}} is the home of about 1 [[billion]] persons (about one in every seven [[human|person]]s alive today).
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| Its western edge is the [[Thar Desert]]; its northern edge is the [[Himalaya Mountains]], the highest mountains on [[Earth]]; its eastern edge is the [[Ganges Delta]] of Bangladesh, the largest [[River delta]] in the world; and its southern edge is made by the [[Vindhya Mountains]] and [[Satpura Range]] and [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]] of [[middle India]].
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| [[Category:Plains of India]]
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| [[Category:Geography of Nepal]]
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| [[Category:Geography of Bangladesh]]
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