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There is widespread agreement among geologists that the Himalayas began forming roughly 50-70 million years ago when the northward-moving Indo-Australian tectonic plate began colliding with the relatively stationary Eurasian Plate. The boundary of the collision is called the Tibetan Plateau, which was shattered and pushed upward to form the great Himalyan peaks such as Mt Everest.
First to collide were the leading edges of the continental shelves, where massive amounts of seafloor ocean sediments and sedimentary rock were being tilted and thrust upward. Evidence of this exists on the top of Mt. Everest, the world's highest peak above sea level, where there are ancient marine fossils in abundance.
The Indo-Australian Plate continues to be driven northward, sliding under the Tibetan Plateau at the rate of about 6.7 cm (2.6 inches) per year and causes the Plateau to continue to be pushed upward. The Indo-Australian Plate has slowed to less than half of its original velocity, but it appears likely that it will continue moving northward for roughly another 10 million years, creating a Himalayan-like landscape as far north as 1500 km (930 miles) from the present range of mountains.
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∙ 15y agoThe Himalayas mountains are about 70 million years old, when the Indo-Australian Plate collided with the Eurasian Plate, forming the fold mountain during the Upper Cretaceous Period around 70 million years ago.
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∙ 10y agothe formation of the Himalayas begam about 80 million years ago. a tectonic plate carrying this indian subcontinent collided with the Eurasion plate. The indian plate was driven beneath the eurasion plate. this collision caused the uplift of the Eurasion plate and the formation of the Himalayas. This process is still continuing today.
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∙ 13y agoThe Himalayas were created by two landmasses crashing into one another
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∙ 9y agoThe Himalayan mountains formed when the sub continent of India broke away from Gondwanaland. This happen approximately 55 million years ago.
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∙ 11y agothe convergent in continent-continent.
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What are convergent boundary mountains?
Convergent boundary mountains are mountains formed by convergent boundaries.
The Himalayan Mountains are located at a riftconvergentdivergenttransform boundary between tectonic plates?
you little faqqots
The Himalaya mountains were formed in a collision of what boundary?
convergent boundary
What type of plate boundary led to the creation of the Himalayan Mountains the highest in the world near India?
collisinal
What is formed when two plates collide and press upward?
Mountains are formed in this way. The Himalayan mountains were formed this way; in fact, they are still growing today as one plate slides under another.
What physical feature formed the northeast boundary of Asoka's empire?
The physical feature that formed the northeast boundary of Asoka's empire was the Himalayan mountain range.
What is a specific geographic example of a feature formed at a convergent boundary between two continental plates?
The Himalayan mountains.
What type of mountain is the Himalayan mountains?
Intercontinental convergent boundary.
What are convergent boundary mountains?
Convergent boundary mountains are mountains formed by convergent boundaries.
The Himalayan mountains formed when?
The Himalayan mountains formed when the sub continent of India broke away from Gondwanaland. This happen approximately 55 million years ago.
What has caused the growth of the Himalayan Mountains north of India?
convergent plate boundary
Which type of boundary modeled the Himalayan mountains?
The collision boundary type modeled the formation of the Himalayan mountains, where the Indian tectonic plate collided with the Eurasian plate. This collision resulted in the uplift and formation of the massive mountain range.
The Himalayan Mountains were formed as a result of what?
continental-continental convergence
The Himalayan Mountains are located at a riftconvergentdivergenttransform boundary between tectonic plates?
you little faqqots
The Himalaya mountains were formed in a collision of what boundary?
convergent boundary
The himalaya mountains were formed in a collision at a?
the himalaya mountains were formed in a collision at a convergent boundary
What type of plate boundary is the Andes mountains?
The type of boundary that the Andes mountains are, in South America, is a convergent plate boundary. This was formed from the collision of the South American plate boundary and the Nazca plate.
