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 Himalayas is the tallest mountain range which lies in the territories of Pakistan, India, Nepal and China. It contains the tallest peak of the world, the Mt. Everest that soars up high with 8,848 meters/29,035 feet above sea level. The Himalayas has eight other peaks aside from Mt. Everest with over 8,000 in height which is called the Eight Thousanders.