Question

describe how the himalayas were formed?

Answer 1

(1) the peninsular part of the gondwana land was the oldest landmass
(2) the gondwana land included india,Australia, south arfrica,south America and antarctic as one single landmass
(3) the convectional currents split the crust into a number of pieces, thus leading to the drifting of the indo-australian plate after being separated from the gondwana land,towards north

Answer 2

Himalaya is not a old mountain because they have recently born as compare to other.
Today ,where the Himalaya stand once a time there was a sea named Tethys sea.
Many rivers brough silt in it form layer
one over the other .One by one many layers formed and by join by this pattern Himalaya assume the shape.