Sunday, April 10, 2011

Collision Zone

Next I went to the Himalayas. This post will be about Plate Tectonics. It is a very interesting theory. It says that there are giant slabs of rock below us that are moving in different directions and at different speeds. Its called Convergent Collision Plates. When they crash into each other they normally create earthquakes. But this is also how mountains are formed. One good example is the Himalayas. The plate underneath India smashed into the Plate under Eurasian and they have been pushing up ever since. They cant go through each other so they push up and up until they create mountain ranges. They will bend slowly and push. This creates the largest mountains in the world. Volcanos can't be born because there is no gap for it to come up. Busters Out
http://www.treknature.com/gallery/Asia/Nepal/photo183295.htm

The Himalayas and Mt Everest

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