"The Himalayas formed when two continents 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱. Roughly 140 million years ago, the landmass that is now India 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 from a southern 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 called Gondwana and began 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 north across an ancient ocean, the Tethys Sea. It moved remarkably fast for a 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲, several times faster than most. About 50 million years ago, India reached Eurasia. Both plates carry thick, light 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁, which is too 𝗯𝘂𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗻𝘁 to sink into the Earth's mantle. Instead of one plate sliding under the other, the crust 𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗱, 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗱, and 𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱, forming the highest mountain range on Earth, including Everest. The 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 never stopped. India still pushes north at about 4–5 cm a year, so the Himalayas keep 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 by a few millimeters annually. This steady pressure also makes the region one of the most 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗸𝗲-𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 in the world." IG: educageo70.7