Barind

Barind

also called  Barind Tract 

      geographic region in parts of northwestern Bangladesh and north-central West Bengal state, India. It lies northwest of the confluence of the upper Padma (Padma River) (Ganges (Ganges River) [Ganga]) and Jamuna (the name of the Brahmaputra (Brahmaputra River) in Bangladesh) rivers and is bordered by the floodplains of the Mahananda River to the west and the Karatoya River to the east—tributaries of the upper Padma and of the Jamuna, respectively. Barind is a comparatively high, undulating region, with reddish and yellowish clay soils. It is cut by ravines and is divided into separate sections by the Atrai River and one of its tributaries to the east. Agricultural plots are commonly irrigated and stand between stretches of wasteland and scrub. Rice is the predominant crop, but wheat, mustard, pulses, and palmyra palms (genus Borassus) also are cultivated.

      To the east and southeast of the Barind is the lower Atrai Basin (Bhar Basin), a vast area of lowland marshes that floods completely during the rainy season; settlements there must be raised on stilts or built on earthen mounds. The fertile soils of this region are especially suited to rice cultivation.

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