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Answer the following question in detail:
Describe the river valleys of Asia.
Solution
The snow-fed and perennial rivers from the mountains form the river valleys which are very fertile and densely populated. Some of the river valleys of Asia are :
- The Mesopotamian plains in Iraq consist of the land between the two rivers – Tigris and Euphrates.
- The Ganga – Brahmaputra plains spread across north India and Bangladesh. It is built by the rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra.
- Plains in China are built up by the three big rivers — Huang He, Chang Jiang, and Si Kiang.
- The Manchurian Plain is formed by river Amur.
- Plains of Indo-China are formed by the rivers Mekong and Menam.
- A large plain in Myanmar is formed by river Irrawaddy.
- Plains of Pakistan and Punjab are built by the river Indus and its five tributaries.
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