The Himalayas formed from a continental crash
The towering Himalayas emerged from the epic clash of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, a collision that sculpted Earth's highest peaks over millions of years and continues today.
The world's highest mountains, the Himalayas, were born from a colossal collision between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. This dramatic event began about 50 million years ago when the Indian plate, drifting northward, slammed into Asia. Instead of one plate sliding beneath the other, their lighter crusts buckled and folded, thrusting up massive rock layers to create the towering range, including Mount Everest.
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