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The Indo-Gangetic Plain separates the Peninsula from the Himalaya. It is the most densely populated part of India and comprises the plain of the R. Indus, the Gangetic Plain and the narrow and short plain of the R. Brahmaputra.
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Mani, M.S. (1974). Biogeography of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. In: Mani, M.S. (eds) Ecology and Biogeography in India. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2331-3_23
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