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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 most easily available access to the best of the Himalayas is in Northern India, Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan. The Himalayas are home to many of the worldâs highest mountains; Everest, K2, Kangchenjunga and Nanda Devi.ven though the Himalayas are not the longest mountain range (that title belongs to the Andes), they do have the distinction of being the youngest and therefore, due to less time weathering, the highest mountain range in the world with over 30 peaks higher than 7315 metres/24000 feet.