20points....... say some interesting this mount everest in ten points
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- Like all mountains around the world the local indigenous people were the first to see it
- Everest is called Chomolungma by the Tibetan people. It means mother goddess of the universe
- Everest was named Sagarmatha by the Nepal Government. It means goddess of the sky
- Everest is 29,035 feet or 8848 meters high
- The summit is the border of Nepal to the south and China or Tibet on the north
- It is over 60 million years old
- Everest was formed by the movement of the Indian tectonic plate pushing up and against the Asian plate
- Everest grows by about a quarter of an inch (0.25") every year
- It consist of different types of shale, limestone and marble
- The rocky summit is covered with deep snow all year long
Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world.
Its height is 8868m above the sea level.
Its also known as third pole as the difficult climate of the north pole and the south pole are felt.
The height of Mount Everest is found to be growing 4mm per year.
Nepalese call The Mount Everest as Sagarmatha which means ‘forehead in the sky’ and Tibetan call it Chomolungma which means ‘mother of the World’.
The speed of the wind on Mount Everest is 200 mph.
The amount of oxygen present near the Mount Everest is one-third of the amount of oxygen present at the sea level.
Over 4,000 people have attempted to climb Everest.
Everest was created about 60 million years ago.
It is the highest mountain in the world at 29,035 feet, although its exact height is often disputed.