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!
There are so many facts about Himalayas that it is really difficult to know at one time. The more you explore the Himalayas the more you get involved into it. The Himalaya is the world's largest mountain range. Its peak is of 8,000 meters, which is approximately 26, 000 feet. There are 14 such peaks of Himalayas and hundreds of summits, which are around 23,000 feet high. The mountain range stretches 1,700 miles across an area between Assam and Kashmir.