Facts
The largest mountain on earth
what is Mt Everest
The Eurasian plate before the collision
what is 27,600,000 square kilometers
How did they form
What is they were formed from two plates crashing into each other
the language Himalayas come from and their meaning
Sanskrit meaning "abode of snow"
The Indian plate after the collision
what is 11,900,000 square kilometers
What body of water was the Himalayas formed over
What is the Tethys sea
How old are the Himalayas
what is 40-50 million years old
the area of the Himalayas
what is 595,000 square kilometers.
What is the type of way the mountains formed
They both pushed up and this is called convergent mountain building.
How much do the Himalayas grow each year
what is one to one centimeter
the weight of the Himalayas in elephants
what is 100 billion grown adult elephants
what two plates crashed together
what is the collision that happened between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates