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50 million years ago Mount Everest was on the sea bed. Mount Everest started at the bottom of the ancient Tethys Sea, the motion of the Indian sub continental plate and the urasian continental plate colliding, about 30 - 50 million years ago, caused the mountain to rise up and become the highest mountain on the Earth.
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∙ 11y agomount Everest was in the sea for a long time
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when did mount. Everest start to form?
Mount Everest is believed to have formed millions of years ago, during the Miocene epoch, as a result of the movement of tectonic plates. The Himalayan mountain range was formed as the Indian subcontinent collided with the Eurasian plate, leading to the uplift of the Himalayas and the formation of peaks like Mount Everest. The exact timeline of the formation of Mount Everest is not known, but it is estimated to be between 30 to 50 million years ago. i want to be your boyfriend, can we talk on Zoóm ?
Has Mount Everest blown like a vocano?
No because Mount Everest is not a volcano
How many deaths on mount Everest?
Every year is different. Some years no one dies on Mount Everest while like this year (2013) 9 people had died on Everest.
What is Mount Everest like?
A brief description of Mount Everest would be: Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain at 8,848 meters (29,029 ft). It is located in the Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal.
Is Mt the abbreviation for mount?
If youre talking about a Mountain, like Mount Everest, then yes, it would be abbreviated Mt. Everest
What is the environment on Mount Everest?
mountain-like
What the weather like at Mount Everest?
snowy
What year was Mount Everest made in?
Like most mountains it formed gradually over many millions of years. It was officially named Mount Everest in 1865, though of course the Tibetans had (and still have) a much older name for it.
What will mount Everest look like in 1 million years?
The answer will probably depend largely on humans. Almost anything could have happened 100 years from now. If global warming gets worse, it may become smaller as snow and ice melts, causing avalanches. In the case of a nuclear war it may even be blown up.
Why was the Mount Everest nambd like that?
Andrew Waugh decided that Peak XV should be named as Mount Everest, after George Everest, his predecessor as Surveyor General of India.
What is Everest like?
A brief description of Mount Everest would be: Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain at 8,848 meters (29,029 ft). It is located in the Himalayas on the border of Tibet and Nepal.
Is it true that 2972 people have reached the top of Mount Everest?
Today in 2013 it is more like 5,000 people have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
