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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!
Expand for References. Today I found out how the Himalayas formed. The Himalayas, which stretch some 2,900 kilometres between India, Pakistan, China, and Nepal, is the worldâs tallest mountain range.In addition to Mount Everest, the worldâs tallest mountain by peak elevation standing at 8,848 meters tall, the range also features several other mountain peaks over 8,000 meters.n part, the rate of vertical growth has varied over time, including in favor of more horizontal growth. And, of course, gravity and erosion having limited the mountainsâ growth significantly. India merging into Asia became the accepted theory about how the Himalayas were formed around 1912.