What is Indus Valley Plain?
[[Image:Indus.A2002274.0610.1km.jpg|thumb|{{center|[[Satellite (artificial)|Satellite image]] of the Indus River basin}}]] The '''Indus Valley''' or the '''Indus Plain''' ({{Lang-ur|وادی سندھ کا میدان}}) is a flat [[landform]] that covers most of the geographic area of [[Pakistan]]. It also includes some part of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] area of India. It was built up over centuries by [[sediment]]. It uses many resources from the [[Indus river]]. Most of it is in the [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]] and [[Sindh]] provinces of Pakistan.<ref name=Bridges159>E.M. Bridges 1990. ''World Geomorphology'' Cambridge University Press, p159.</ref> The Indus Valley plain is divided into the ''Upper Indus Plain'' ({{Lang|ur|بالائی سندھ کا میدان}}) and the ''Lower Indus Plain'' ({{Lang|ur|زیریں سندھ کا میدان}}). The plain is the western part of the Northern Plain in Pakistan formed by the [[Indus River]] and its tributaries.<ref name=Bridges159/> It is extensively farmed for [[wheat]], [[rice]] [[sugarcane]] and [[Cotton]].<ref>K.R. Krishna 2015. ''Agricultural Prairies: Natural Resources and Crop Productivity''. Boca Raton, FL: Apple Academic Press, p368.</ref> The high plain of the Indus Plain is also called [[Pothohar Plateau]] and is located near the foothills of [[Himalayas]] (e.g. Margalla Hills). The deserts in the Indus plain of Pakistan are [[Thal desert]], [[Indus Valley desert]], [[Thar Desert]] and [[Cholistan desert]]. The River Indus and its tributaries drain the Indus Plain throughout most of Punjab and the central part of Sindh. The northern part is known as the '''Upper Indus Plain'''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Environment of Pakistan|last=Sethi|first=Huma Naz|publisher=Peak Publishing|year=2021|isbn=1901458490}}</ref> By Panjnad the five main tributaries of the Indus have all joined together. After the Sutlej joins the Chenab at Panjnad the river is itself called the ''Panjnad''. The River Panjnad flows for a further 72 kilometres before joining the Indus near [[Mithankot]]. The general slope of the plain t