Describe how the Himalayas were formed
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The Himalayan mountain range and Tibetan plateau have formed as a result of the collision between the Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate which began 50 million years ago and continues today. 225 million years ago (Ma) India was a large island situated off the Australian coast and separated from Asia by the Tethys Ocean.
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ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪᴍᴀʟᴀʏᴀɴ ᴍᴏᴜɴᴛᴀɪɴ ʀᴀɴɢᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛɪʙᴇᴛᴀɴ ᴘʟᴀᴛᴇᴀᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ғᴏʀᴍᴇᴅ ᴀs ᴀ ʀᴇsᴜʟᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʟʟɪsɪᴏɴ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴅɪᴀɴ ᴘʟᴀᴛᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴜʀᴀsɪᴀɴ ᴘʟᴀᴛᴇ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ʙᴇɢᴀɴ 50 ᴍɪʟʟɪᴏɴ ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴀɢᴏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴜᴇs ᴛᴏᴅᴀʏ. ... ɪᴛ ɪs ᴍᴏᴠɪɴɢ sʟᴏᴡʟʏ ɴᴏʀᴛʜᴡᴀʀᴅ, ᴛʜʀᴜsᴛɪɴɢ ᴀɢᴀɪɴsᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴜʀᴀsɪᴀɴ ᴘʟᴀᴛᴇ.
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