Test: The Northern Mountain- 2

Himalaya means "abode of snow" with an estimated 15,000 glaciers throughout the range.

K2 is located in the Karakoram Range and lies partly in a Chinese-administered enclave of the Kashmir region.

Bachendri Pal, (born May 24, 1954, Nakuri, India), Indian mountaineer who in 1984 became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

The Sivalik Hills (also known as the Shiwalik Hills and Churia Hills), are a mountain range of the outer Himalayas that stretches from the Indus River about 2,400 km (1,500 mi) eastwards close to the Brahmaputra River, spanning across the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent.

Godavari flows into Bay of Bengal flowing through Andhra Pradesh and Telangana not through Himalayas.

The wild yak (Bos mutus) is a large, wild cattle native to the Himalayas. It is the ancestor of the domestic yak (Bos grunniens).

The Mughal Emperor Jahangir described the Kashmir valley as ‘Heaven on Earth’

The Seven Sister States is a popular term for the contiguous states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura prior to inclusion of the state of Sikkim into the North Eastern Region of India.

• The two persons shown in the picture are Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of India.
• They were the first who succeeded in reaching the summit of Mt Everest in 1953.

The agriculture shown in the image is called terrace farming.

• This type of farming is practised in mountainous regions to prevent soil erosion.
• Terraces made in the hill slopes help to hold water and prevent water flowing down fast.
• Consequently, this protects the land from getting eroded.