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3 days ago · The first known Himalayan sketch map of some accuracy was drawn up in 1590 by Antonio Monserrate, a Spanish missionary to the court of the Mughal emperor Akbar. In 1733 a French geographer, Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d’Arville, compiled the first map of Tibet and the Himalayan range based on systematic exploration.
5 days ago · Discover the incredible formation of the Himalayas in just 60 seconds! This quick and captivating YouTube Short explains the fascinating geological processes...
4 days ago · This immense pressure created a massive mountain fold, giving birth to the Himalayas (span). But what about the Karakoram Mountains? These mountains were formed when the Indian continental plate collided with the Eurasian continental plate around 40 to 50 million years ago during the Cenozoic Era.
1 day ago · Over the past 65 million years, powerful global plate-tectonic forces have moved Earth’s crust to form the band of Eurasian mountain ranges—including the Himalayas—that stretch from the Alps to the mountains of Southeast Asia.
3 days ago · Mount Everest, mountain on the crest of the Great Himalayas of southern Asia that lies on the border between Nepal and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. Reaching an elevation of 29,032 feet (8,849 meters), Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
5 days ago · The Himalayas, the highest mountain range in the world, were formed as a result of the colossal collision between two continental plates. The Eurasian plate and the Indian plate came together, causing the land to crumple and buckle over millions of years.
3 days ago · The range forms the western section of the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region (HKH) and is the westernmost extension of the Pamir Mountains, the Karakoram and the Himalayas. It divides the valley of the Amu Darya (the ancient Oxus ) to the north from the Indus River valley to the south.
