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!
Himalayas. 1  The Himalayas were formed when the Indian plate collided into the Eurasian plate about 45 million years ago. 2  Before the collision, the northward speed of the Indian plate was 15-20 cm/year; afterward, the plate slowed to around 5 cm/year as it advanced roughly 2000 km into the Eurasian plate.