Why does mt Everest grow?

Answer 1

The Earth's crust is fragmented and made up of moving plates. Convergent plate boundaries are those that move towards one another. When they collide, subduction usually takes place or that is, the denser plate slides underneath the less dense one. Sometimes, the plate boundaries cause buckling in the earth's crust creating mountains. Convergent boundaries have caused the deepest and tallest structures on Earth. Among those that have formed due to convergent plate boundaries are K2 and Mount Everest, the tallest peaks in the world. They formed when the Indian plate subducted or pushed underneath underneath the Eurasian plate on which the Himalayan Mountains set, gradually pushing Mt. Everest up higher and higher.

Answer 2

Mount Everest rises 0.5 in. (1 cm.) each year.

== Answer == it grows a rate of 2.4 inches a year but because of weathering it also shrinks
It is said that Mount Everest grows by a couple of milimeters every year.

Answer 3

The force that raises the Himalayan mountains is the collision of crustal plates which is the result of continental drift; continenets float on the mantle, which contains convection currents driven by heat, and the heat is the result of radioactive decay within the Earth. So if we track it far enough, radiation makes Mt. Everest grow.

Answer 4

Every year the mountain grows taller by 4mm as a result of the upward thrust generated by two opposing tectonic plates.
Mount Everest the highest mountain in the world grows each year due to the Indian sub continental plate and the urasian continental plate colliding on the sea bed.

Answer 5

Yes, the Indian plate is still colliding with the Eurasian plate and pushing the Himalayas up with it faster then they can be eroded, this includes Mt. Everest.

Answer 6

2.4" per year

Answer 7

As fast as your mom is