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, also called Himalaya, is the highest mountain range in the world. It is home to some of the planet's highest peaks. The Himalayan mountain range has 9 out of 10 of the worldâs highest peaks, including Mount Everest.ecause of the extreme height of the mountain range, the Himalaya is called the Third Pole. Mount Everest is the highest peak of the Himalaya and is the world's highest peak with an elevation of 29,035 feet (8,850 meters).