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Meru Peak, Uttarakhand, India, 1,200 m. Ramon Crater, Israel, 400 m; Various cliffs in the Ak-Su Valley of Kyrgyzstan are high and steep. World's End, Horton Plains, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. It has a sheer drop of about 1,200 m. Various cliffs in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Hunan Province, China. The cliffs can get to around 300 m.
In India, columnars are found in several places across the volcanic traps such as 6.5 crore or 65 million years ago (Mya) old deccan traps in South India and 14.5 crore or 145 mya old Rajmahal Traps in Eastern India. Karnataka. St. Mary's Island columnars near Malpe in Udupi district of Karnataka state. [4] Madhya Pradesh
The following is a list of the highest waterfalls in India. It is based on the data from World Waterfall Database. [1] In many cases, numbers are merely estimates and measurements may be imprecise. The highest waterfall in India is Kunchikal waterfall located in Shimoga district of Karnataka.
Geo-tourism: 15th-16th century sacred Hindu site with rock carvings on a cliff of Gomti River with massive rock cut images of Shiva, Vishnu, Karthikeya, Durga and other Hindu deities highest of which is 20 ft. [8]
Summits of India with at least 500 meters of topographic prominence; Ranks Name / Short name (if applicable) Height Range Prominence (m) [a] [b] Coordinates State National Global In meter [c] In ft 1 3 Kangchenjunga: 8,586 28,169 Himalayas: 3,922 Sikkim: 2 23 Nanda Devi
It is the highest mountain peak located in India and the third highest mountain peak in the world after Mount Everest and K2. [1] Uttarakhand: Nanda Devi: Garhwal Himalaya: 7,817 25,646 Nanda Devi is the highest peak located entirely within India. [2] It is located in the Chamoli district.
The Western Coastal Plains is a narrow stretch of landmass lying between the western part of the Deccan plateau and the Arabian sea in India. The plains stretch from the Kutch region to Kaniyakumari at the southern tip of the Indian peninsula with the Western Ghats forming its eastern boundary.
Shaded and colored image from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission—shows an elevation model of New Zealand's Alpine Fault running about 500 km (300 mi) long. The escarpment is flanked by a chain of hills squeezed between the fault and the mountains of New Zealand's Southern Alps.