Journey to the Himalayas

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/himalaya.html

       Hello all! As a world-famous adventurer who specializes in investigating earthquakes, my first stop was naturally the Himalayas - the result of the convergent collision of the Eurasian Plate and the Indian Plate! 71 million years ago, India was a separate island. Over time, it slowly drifted towards the Eurasian land mass (15 centimeters a year) and the two collided, causing land to rise up from the collision. This land is what we now call the Himalayas. Clocking in at 29,029 feet, the Himalayas are home to some of the tallest mountains on the planet, most specifically Mt. Everest. This majestically tall and famous mountain was caused by the collision of two tectonic plates. Over the world, I have visited several other mountains such as the Southern Alps that were formed by the convergent collision of two tectonic plates as well.

http://www.hitt-initiative.org/mla/?page_id=390

 





      So what exactly does "Convergent Collision" even mean? Well, if two converging plates each carry continents, the two continents may become welded into a single, large continent. The boundary that forms when these to continents collide (in this case the Himalayas) is called the convergent collision boundary. This collision causes the crust at the boundary to be pushed upwards into a towering mountain range like the Himalayas. Even today, India is continuously pushing northward into China, which means that the Himalayan mountains are slowly growing.

     As I journeyed up the Himalayan Mountains my guide served me some native food: Momo Dumplings and Cottage Cheese. The dumplings were stuffed with succulent meat, and I hope to enjoy them again on the return trip.

However, by the time we had finished eating it was nightfall, and we were instructed to pitch a greenish colored tent in the wilderness. Once we were done, we began to plan out our next destination in the safety of the tent.








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