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It is thought that Mount Everest and the Himalayas started at the bottom of the ancient Tethys Sea, the motion of the Indian sub continental plate and the urasian continental plate colliding, about 30 - 50 million years ago, caused the mountain to rise up and become the highest mountain on the Earth.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoNo, the Himalayas were not formed by an earthquake. They are fold mountains, produced when two tectonic plates collided together and crumpled rocks up between them.
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What type of plate margin formed the Himalayas?
the Himalayas were formed by a collision plate boundary, meaning that the plates collided and formed the Himalayas. The Himalayas are also referred to as 'fold mountains' because of the way in which they are made.
When was the himalayus formed?
when was the Himalayas formed?
What type continental boundary caused the Himalayas to be formed?
A convergent or constructive continental boundary formed the Himalayas.
What type of plates form the Himalayas?
the Himalayas were formed by a collision plate boundary, meaning that the plates collided and formed the Himalayas. The Himalayas are also referred to as 'fold mountains' because of the way in which they are made.
The Himalayas were formed at a?
The Himalayas are a mountain range in Asia. They are being formed by the Indian subcontinent submerging under the Asian continent.
Does the himilayas have earthquakes?
There are a lot of earthquake in Himalayas since Indian plate and Eurasian plate push against each other and Himalayas in between
The Himalayas and the Appalachian Mountains were both formed by colliding continental plates How do scientists know that the Appalachians were formed before the Himalayas?
All that remains of the Appalachians are eroded tops. The Himalayas are still highand jagged, comparatively not as affected by erosion.
What are mountains formed by the collision of the indo Australian plate and the Eurasian plate?
The Himalayas formed :]
How were the himilayas formed?
The Himalayas were formed by two landmasses colliding in a continental-continental collision.
The border between Nepal and Tibet is formed by what mountain?
Mount Everest, which is found in the Himalayas mountain range
How were the Andes mountains the Himalayas and the islands of japan formed alike?
They were all formed at convergent boundaries
How was the mountain system of the Himalayas formed?
the humans of Himalaya built them
