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Barind Tract largest Pleistocene physiographic unit of the bengal basin, covering an area of about 7,770 sq km. It has long been recognised as a unit of old alluvium, which differs from the surrounding floodplains. In Bangla, it is spelled and pronounced as Varendra Bhumi. Geographically this unit lies roughly between latitudes 24°20´N and 25°35´N and longitudes 88°20´E and 89°30´E. This physiographic unit is bounded by the karatoya to the east, the mahananda to the west, and the northern bank of the ganges to the South. A lower fault scarp marks the eastern edge of the Barind Tract, and the little jamuna, atrai and Lower Punarbhaba rivers occupy fault troughs. The western part of this unit has been tilted up; parts of the western edge are more than 15m higher than the rest of the tract and the adjoining Mahananda floodplain. The southern part of the main eastern block of the Barind Tract is tilted down towards the southwest and passes under lower Atrai basin sediments in the south. The Barind Tract covers most parts of the greater dinajpur & rangpur districts of Rangpur division and bogra, joypurhat, naogaon, pabna and rajshahi districts of Rajshahi division.

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