دوآب (جغرافیا)
Sign in to saveDoab () is a term used in South Asia for the tract of land lying between two confluent rivers. It is similar to an interfluve. In the Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, R. S. McGregor refers to its Persian origin in defining it as do-āb (, literally "two [bodies of] water") "a region lying between and reaching to the confluence of two rivers." As per J. S. Grewal, a doab is "the inter-fluvial area between any two rivers".
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Doab
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Natural region
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Punjabdoabs1.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- A map showing the different doabs in the northern subcontinent
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Indian subcontinent
- Settlement.population_density_km2
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- interfluve
- Country
- Pakistan
- Location
- Indian subcontinent
- Image
- Lower Bari Doab canal.jpg
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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