The Indo-Gangetic Plain

The Indo-Gangetic Plain, also called the North Indian Plain, is a fertile plain of roughly 700,000 square kilometers across South Asia, spanning northern, western, and eastern India, eastern Pakistan, southern Nepal, and almost all of Bangladesh. It takes its name from the Indus and Ganges river systems that drain it, though the Brahmaputra also contributes substantially, and it stretches from the Himalayas in the north to the Deccan Plateau in the south. Formed from the world's largest expanse of uninterrupted alluvium, the plain is exceptionally fertile and supports one of the world's most densely populated and intensely farmed regions, home to nearly a seventh of the world's population and many of South Asia's major cities.