Question

4. The Himalayan Mountains tower as high as 8,854 m above sea level. The rate of plate motion is about 10 cm per year. Use the diagram to explain how the Himalayas formed. Predict how they might look in 10 million years.

Answer 1

Answer:Since the initial encounter, the subcontinent of India has moved 2,000 kilometers farther north at a rate of 5 centimeters a year, sliding beneath Asia as it moves. In 10 million years India will plow into Tibet a further 180km. This is about the width of Nepal.

Answer 2

Forty million years ago, the continent of India, which was being carried northward by the Indo-Australian plate, collided with Asia forming the Himalayan mountain range (fold mountains). Since the initial encounter, the subcontinent of India has moved 2,000 kilometers farther north at a rate of 5 centimeters a year, sliding beneath Asia as it moves. In 10 million years India will plow into Tibet a further 180km. This is about the width of Nepal.