the himalayan mountains started to form about 50 million years ago.
the himalayan mountains started to form about 50 million years ago.
when did the himalayan mountains start to form?
about 50 million years ago
other important issues are the movement of the tectonic plates and the opening and closing of oceanic gateways. these seem to play a crucial part in icehouse earths because they can bring forth cool waters from very deep water circulations that could assist in creating ice sheets or thermal isolation of areas. examples of this occurring are the opening of the tasmanian gateway 36.5 million years ago that separated australia and antarctica and which is believed to have set off the cenozoic icehouse, and the creation of the drake passage 32.8 million years ago by the separation of south america and antarctica, though it was believed by other scientists that this did not come into effect until around 23 million years ago. the closing of the isthmus of panama and the indonesian seaway approximately 3 or 4 million years ago may have been a major cause for our current icehouse state. for the icehouse climate, tectonic activity also creates mountains, which are produced by one continental plate colliding with another one and continuing forward. the revealed fresh soils act as scrubbers of carbon dioxide, which can significantly affect the amount of this greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. an example of this is the collision between the indian subcontinent and the asian continent, which created the himalayan mountains about 50 million years ago.
greenhouse and icehouse earth
it is also called the land of the gods on account of the hindu belief that deities like lord shiva considered the himalayas their abode, and much of the state is located among the himalayan mountains. although modern pop-literature writers online have often also referred to uttarakhand as the land of the gods because it also contains himalayan mountains, officially it is himachal pradesh that has been considered the land of the gods since before the state of uttarakhand existed (the uk as it is abbreviated on license plates for automobiles in the state, and the state was founded in the year 2000). a tourism department board on the road when entering himachal pradesh from the state of punjab states "welcome to the land of the gods."
himachal pradesh