Question

describe the origin of the Himalayan mountains​

Answer 1

Explanation:

According to the Theory of Plate Tectonics, the Earth's crust was initially a single, giant super-continent called Pangea

Its northern part was the Angara land and the southern part was the Gondwana land.

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.

The northward drift resulted in the collision of the plate with the much larger Eurasian Plate.

Due to this collision, the sedimentary rocks which were accumulated in the geosyncline known as theTethys were folded to form the mountain system of western Asia and Himalaya.

Young fold mountains made from the uplift of the strata formed by the sedimentary rocks.

Consists of the loftiest mountains and deep valleys.