In geography, a plain is a large area of land with relatively low relief. Plains may be more suitable for farming than plateaus or mountains. An alluvial plain is a landform formed by the deposition of alluvial soil over a long period of time by a river coming from the mountains.

List of famous plains:

• Australian Plains
• Canterbury Plains, New Zealand
• Great Plains, USA
• Indo-Gangetic plain
• Kanto plain, Japan
• Nullarbor Plain, Australia
• Khuzestan Plain, Iran
• Mazandaran Plain, Iran
• Salisbury Plain, England

See also

• Grassland
• Plateau
• Savanna
• Steppe
• Prairie
• Selva
• Veld
• Coastal plain

Plains

Равнина (география) | Ebene (Geografie) | Llanura | Ebenaĵo | جلگه | Plaine | 평야 | Pianura | מישור (גאוגרפיה) | Alföld (síkság) | Plaine | 平野 | Nizina | Равнина | Slätt | Düzlük | 平原