Social Sciences, asked by rohinisriramoju, 1 year ago

Explain the formation of Himalayan mountains

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Answered by Divyesh123

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.

varchas: you said correct but it was due to collision of angaraland and Gondwanaland

Divyesh123: yes yes i got confused

varchas: angaraland consist of north america and eastern countries whereas gondwana contain africa india south america

varchas: our teacher taught us

Divyesh123: both are same

Answered by dhruv05

the conventional currents split the crust into a number of pieces leading to the drifting of the Indo Australian plate after being separated from Gondwana-land, drifting North .The northward drift resulted in the collision of the plate with much larger Eurasian plate. due to this collision, the sedimentary rocks which were accumulated in the geosyncline known as Tethys, were folded to form the mountain system of Western Asia and Himalayas.

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