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!
The fastest growing mountain on Earth is Nanga Parbat in the western Himalayas. Its height is increasing at a rate of 7 mm/yr. Current height is 8125 msl. Tectonic controls on the uplift of the Nanga Parbat Massif, Pakistan Himalayas Mount Everest grows at a rate of 4 mm/yr. elevation of Mount Everest newly defined as 8850 instead of 8848 meters