The Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River in southern Africa, the Hundru Falls on the Subarnarekha River in the Chhota Nagpur Plateau and the Jog Falls on the Sharavati River in the Western Ghats are a few such waterfalls. The Nohkalikai Falls drop down 340 metres from the Cherrapunji Plateau (in Meghalaya).

Mount Everest (between Tibet (China) and Nepal) and Kanchenjunga (between Nepal and the Indian state of Sikkim) are the two highest peaks of the Himalayan range. Mount Aconcagua (in South America) is the highest peak of the Andes. Mount Kilimanjaro in eastern Africa is an isolated mountain that is not part of any range. Mont Blanc in Western Europe is the highest mountain of the Alps. Anamudi (in Kerala, also known as ‘Anai Peak’) is the highest mountain in south India.

Anamudi (in Kerala, also known as ‘Anai Peak’) is the highest mountain in south India.

Anamudi is located in the Anaimalai Hills of the Western Ghats range. Standing at 2,695 meters it is the highest peak in South India and the Western Ghats, located within the Eravikulam National Park in Kerala. It is often described as the “Everest of South India”.

From this point radiate three ranges — the Anamalai to the north, the Palani to the northeast, and the Cardamom Hills to the south. Several rivers, including the Periyar and Amaravati, rise in the surrounding ranges.

Here are two verses from a long poem by Kālidāsa, who lived at least
1,500 years ago and is often considered to be the greatest poet of
ancient India. The poem, Kumārasambhava, begins with an invocation
to the Himalayas. (This is a simplified translation from the Sanskrit.)
In the north rises Himālaya, the Lord of mountains, like a
living god, who measures the Earth and stretches from the
western to the eastern oceans. …
From it the wind comes down, carrying spray from descending
Gangā, shaking the deodar trees, opening the peacocks’ tail
feathers and cooling the mountain people after they hunt deer.

NCERT Class 6 Exploring Society: India and Beyond (India and the World: Land and the People) p46

Bachendri Pal started climbing mountains from a young
age and led many women’s climbing expeditions. She
was the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest in
1984 and was awarded Padma Shri the same year (and
Padma Bhushan in 2019).

Arunima Sinha lost a leg in an accident when she
was 31. With Bachendri Pal’s encouragement and
training, she managed to climb Mount Everest in 2013,
and went on to climb the highest peak of every continent,
including Mount Vinson in Antarctica! She was awarded
Padma Shri in 2015.

Ch 3 – Landforms and Life p49

Junko Tabei was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest and ascend the Seven Summits, climbing the highest peak on every continent.

Premlata Agarwal is the first Indian woman to scale the Seven Summits—the highest peaks on each of the seven continents