explain 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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in short :-
" tectonic plates moved , causing a change in land patterns
long :-
because of impact of conventional current the Eurasian & Indian plate collide .
as a result the sedimentary rock settled in that region firmed lagre scale depression called tethys (as In tethy sea)
these later folded & firmed Himalayas
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