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What is the rate at which, Mt Everest is rising, due to the movement in the tectonic plates?
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What is the rate at which, Mt Everest is rising, due to the movement in the tectonic plates?

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Everest grows 0.1576 inches (about four millimeters) each year. Other tectonic forces, however, may cost Everest some of its height.
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