The Indus plain

Levees
Doab
Old flood plains
New flood plains
Alluvial terraces
Piedmont plains
Sukkur
Islamabad
Lahore
Karachi
Multan
Indus river
Sutlej
Ravi
Jhelum
Chenab
Beaz
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Upper Indus
Lower Indus
Sindh Sagar doab

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Momin Avais
Numera Ahmed
Asad shebaz
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Abdul Wasay
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The Upper Indus Plain (Punjab) is a flat land

from Potwar plateau to Mithonkot drained by
river Indus and its tributaries Jhelum,
Chenab, Sutlej, and Ravi. It is divided into
Sindh Sargar, Chaj, Rachna and Bari doabs.
Active flood plains are narrow strips along
rivers flooded every year, while old flood
plains are next to active flood plains and are
5 to 10 meters higher than active flood
plains. Alluvial terrace is located in the middle
of doabs and is safe from floods. Kerana bar
is located in chaj doab, sandal bar is in
Rachna doab, Ganji and Neli bars are in Bari
doab

Lower Indus plain is southern part of Indus

plain starts from Mithonkot. Land is flat
undulating (wavy) sloping towards south. It is
drained by river Indus have an active flood
plain is around 40km. Meanders, levees,
oxbow lakes and braided channels are main
features of active flood plain. Alluvial fans
have formed piedmont plain along Kirthar
and Sulaiman range in the west of Indus. In
the south of lower Indus plain River Indus
forms Indus delta by deposition (setting
down) of alluvial material. Cuesta is located
at Rohri and Ganjo Takkar.
Indus delta starts from Thatta. Here Indus
River divides in number of channels which
are shallow and natural channels. The delta
is a flat region crossed by many shallow (not
deep) channels through which the water of
river Indus flows into sea. The channels are
shallow because of continuous deposit (lay
down) of silt on their beds. The channel bed
gets raised, and at many places channel is
higher than nearby land. Levees are formed
on the banks of channels. Sea water fills in
lower land between channels and forms
swamps (marsh/wetland).