India's Extremes: Kangchenjunga's Heights to Kuttanad's Depths Revealed

• Kangchenjunga, India's highest point (8,586m), is the world's 3rd highest mountain, located on the Sikkim-Nepal border.
• Known as 'Five Treasures of Snow', it's a biodiversity hotspot and part of the Kangchenjunga Conservation Area.
• Kuttanad, Kerala, is India's lowest point (2.2m below sea level), famous for below-sea-level rice farming.
• Called the 'Rice Bowl of Kerala', it's a river delta where four major rivers converge, creating fertile alluvial soil.
• Farmers use unique methods like embankments, canals, pumps, and polderization to manage water and salinity for cultivation.