Since the sediments were lightweight, instead of sinking along with the plate, they crumpled into mountain ranges—the Himalayas. By 10 million years ago the two continents were in direct ...

The Himalaya mountains are one of the world’s most important sources of fresh water, their flanks giving rise to the great rivers of Asia. The mountains are also young, geologically volatile, and ...

The highest mountain in the world, Mt. Everest, stands 29,029 feet. Located in the Himalayas on the Nepal-Tibet border, the iconic peak’s names – ‘Sagarmatha’ in Nepali and ‘Chomolungma ...