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 Himalayan Mountains span the countries of Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Tibet. The Indian plate is converging with the Eurasian plate, creating the Himalayas. The path traveled by the Indian plate over the last 100 million years.