https://padlet.com/kmlyo0/twgikd8dc1ho Made with an aura of mystery en-us 2018-03-06 04:13:57 UTC 2018-03-07 06:45:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rocket.png https://padlet.com/kmlyo0/twgikd8dc1ho/wish/238452819 The Himalayas were created when the Indian subcontinent tectonic plate ran into the Eurasian plate approximately 50 million years ago, creating a converging boundary. The Indian subcontinent drifted into the Eurasian plate due to continental drift. Once they had collided the former plate began to subduct the former plate, this pressure leading to the land pushing up creating the mountains. As soft sediments covered the northern area of the subcontinent, they were crumpled and uplifted, while the Eurasian plate was forced up. The geomorphology of these plates was changed drastically by the mountain range, with the mountain range still being uplifted by 5mm every year-Lola]]> 2018-03-06 04:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kmlyo0/twgikd8dc1ho/wish/238452819 lyang5 https://padlet.com/kmlyo0/twgikd8dc1ho/wish/238457704 geography - linda
6/03/2018
- (detailed and accurate) Paragraph of how the Himalayas were created
The Himalayans, located in Asia, is the world's tallest mountain range. They began growing about 50 million years ago, when the Indian subcontinent "slammed" into the Eurasian continent due to a continental drift. The Indian plate was one of the fastest-moving tectonic plates in the world, when the plate slammed into the Eurasian plate, the converging tectonic plates caused a subduction of parts of the former, and the plate's (Indian Plate) movement slowed about half due to the sudden hit.  The northern edge of the island continent began to crumble and are uplifted whilst the Indian plate also pressed the Eurasian Plat upwards (subduction). This is the birth of the most significant mountain range. Even though the Himalayas have outclassed most mountains in the world, its range is still growing today by 5 millimetres a year.]]> 2018-03-06 05:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kmlyo0/twgikd8dc1ho/wish/238457704 https://padlet.com/kmlyo0/twgikd8dc1ho/wish/238561837 The Himalayas are the youngest mountain range on the planet. They are also the home of the tallest mountain in the world Mount Everest as well as 9 other peaks over 8000 metres. Although not possible to visually see the creation of it. The study of geomorphology shows that when the tectonic plates of the Indian subcontinent and Eurasian heavily collided, converging and putting upwards pressure to the land. The formation of the Himalayas began and even after 50 million years of forming it is still the fastest growing mountain range in the world with and uplift rate of 5mm per year although this is not likely to continue to maintain for a long period of time.]]> 2018-03-06 12:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kmlyo0/twgikd8dc1ho/wish/238561837 https://padlet.com/kmlyo0/twgikd8dc1ho/wish/238930254 The Himalayan Mountains began growing around 50 million years ago when the northward continental drift of the Indian Plate caused it to collide with the Eurasian Plate. This collision caused the Indian Plate to subduct beneath the Eurasian Plate. The seismic activity from the two plates converging is known to have caused some of the greatest earthquakes in history. Before the collision, the Indian Plate was one of the fastest moving tectonic plates in the world travelling at a rate of 16cm/year. Once the plates collided the Indian Plate’s rate of movement slowed by about half. In the last few million years the mountains of the Himalayas have stopped growing as quickly although the mountain range still has the highest rate of uplift at about 5mm/year.]]> 2018-03-06 22:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kmlyo0/twgikd8dc1ho/wish/238930254