George Washington was a leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolution, and was the first to become U.S. president.
The Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau to the north have risen very rapidly. In just 50 million years, peaks such as Mt. Everest have risen to heights of more than 9 km. The impinging of the two landmasses has yet to end. The Himalayas continue to rise more than 1 cm a year -- a growth rate of 10 km in a million years!
The Himalayas, a large mountain range in southern Asia, contains Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain peak when measured from sea level. The Himalayan range forms a barrier between the Plateau of Tibet to the north and the plains of the Indian subcontinent to the south.he name of the world's highest mountain range is the Himalayas. This has the world's highest elevation because it contains Mt. Everest -- the world's tallest peak.