George Washington was a leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolution, and was the first to become U.S. president.
The Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau to the north have risen very rapidly. In just 50 million years, peaks such as Mt. Everest have risen to heights of more than 9 km. The impinging of the two landmasses has yet to end. The Himalayas continue to rise more than 1 cm a year -- a growth rate of 10 km in a million years!
These 10 animal facts will amaze you. The Himalayas, in Pakistan, India, Nepal, and China, is the world's tallest mountain range. It was created when the tectonic plate that holds the Indian subcontinent ran into the Eurasian plate, which holds Europe and most of Asia.