Indus plain

Definition of Indus Plain

The Indus valley Plain is a flat landform in Pakistan,

built up over centuries by sediment. Most of it lies
within the PUNJAB and SINDH province. The plain
formed by the Indus River and its tributaries.
The plain is extensively farmed for wheat, rice
sugarcane and Cotton.
 Indus plain

Upper Indus plain Lower Indus Plain

Panjnand
The Natural Topographical
features of Indus plain
Active Flood plain
Old Flood plain
Doab
Alluvial Terraces
Indus Delta/Tidal delta
Cuestas
Active flood Plain
 The narrow strip of land on both side of rivers
 It is till 15 km from river.
 It is also called Bet or Khaddar .
 It is inundated almost every year
 Many channels are taken from it that are rich in ailluvium
 Active flood plain is not present around the river with low volume of water
 Meanders
 Crop cultivation rice,sugar cane
Active Flood Plain
 Old flood Plain
 Strip of land after Active flood plain is called Old Flood plain
 It is only flooded when there is heavy rain(monsoon).
 It is covered with old alluvium that was deposited in past.
 Meanders
 Crops ,wheat
 Human settlement
Old Flood Plain
Doab

The land between two rivers at

confluence is called Doab
Alluvial Terrace/bar
Alluvial terrace

 It is ideal for agriculture ,Industries ,settlement, Infrastructure,

 Names of Bar or Terraces
Indus Delta

 Delta is often triangle or fan shaped structure with main distrubutries branching out from
main river
 East of karachi, south of Thatta
 When river Indus reaches Arabian sea its speed is low which causes deposition of Alluvial
which makes distributries
 Sea water is often filled in these distributries
 It has low population
 Exposed to sea waves
 Mangroves are grown
Cuestas in Lower Indus plain

 These are ridges made up of limestone

 It has steep slope on one side and gentle slope on other side
 Rohri cuestas, (80 m) height 48 km long ,Gango Takar cuestas near Hyderabad
 We can construct barrages here
Deserts in pakistan
Topographical features of Deserts In Pakistan
Sand plain or Pattis/strips
Gently undulating Plain(up and down)
Scanty of vegetation,scattered
Sand dunes
Bare rock
Inter dunal valley(land between the dunes)
Erosion in desert(cracks on rocks)
Problems faced by people living in Deserts in
Pakistan