| Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. | | | | declared the height to be 29,028 feet. |
| This is the part of Himalayan Mountains. The | | | | Till 1920's the people from the western hemisphere |
| formation of Mount Everest took place in the last | | | | were restricted to climb up this mountain due to |
| few million years. India moved gradually towards Asia | | | | some reasons. Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and |
| when the super continent of Laurasia broke up | | | | Tenzing Norgay of Nepal were the first known |
| millions of years ago. The seabed which existed | | | | climbers on this mountain. It was in the year 1953 |
| between the 2 plates was disintegrated and was | | | | that they climbed the mountain. |
| pushed up on the Northern rim of India. These 2 | | | | VICTORIA FALLS |
| plates of the crust of the earth are moving | | | | Victoria falls are the highest waterfall in the whole |
| continuously, this is the reason why the Himalayas | | | | world. This fall is on the Zambezi River, this river is |
| are being pushed up. | | | | like the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia. |
| Mount Everest which is the highest mountain of the | | | | People consider it to be the most striking sights in |
| world grows by 2 inches every year. It is detected | | | | the world! The fall is known as "mosi-oa-tunya" by |
| by the Satellite technology that the current height of | | | | the native people, this means "smoke that thunders". |
| the mountain is 29,107 feet. In the year 1852 it was | | | | The fall was formed due to the deep rift in the rock |
| recognized as the highest peak and the western | | | | which lies across the path of the River Zambezi. This |
| name was given to it in the year 1862. The name of | | | | rift appeared by the movement of the earth. The |
| the Mount Everest was kept after the name of Sir | | | | falls are 5,545 feet across at the broadest point. |
| George Everest who was a British surveyor. | | | | There is a variation in the height of the fall from 255 |
| Surveyors did not agree on the height of this high | | | | feet to about 354 feet. David Livingstone is the |
| mountain and therefore in 1800's the British | | | | name behind the discovery of Victoria Falls in 1855. |
| government thought that the height was 29,002 | | | | The falls was named to honour Queen Victoria. |
| feet. In the year 1954 the Indian government | | | | |