Catherine Falls is a double-cascaded fall located 7 km from Kotagiri, located on the Mettupalayam road branching off at Aravenu. The upper fall drops 250 feet to the floor, and is the second highest in the Nilgiris (mountains).[citation needed] The waters from the upper stream of the Kallar river are crossed by the invisible[citation needed] Mettupalyam-Ooty road beyond the mountains in the south-west.
Catherine Falls is named after the wife of M.D. Cockburn, believed to have introduced the coffee plantation to Kotagiri. The native name of the Catherine Falls is Geddhehaada Halla,[citation needed] meaning "Foothills Dale River".
