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Describe the formation of Himalayas. |
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Answer» The Himalayas were formed earth’s movements which affected the relief of the earth is the last phase of its physical history. (i) The area where the Himalays stand today was occupied by a shallow elongated sea called Tethys which was sandwiched between two land masses - the Angara land in the north and Gondwana land in the south. (ii) The sea covered a large area from Indo-Myanmar border in the east, covering western Asia, northern and central parts of Africa to the Gulf of Guinea in the South Atalantica Ocean. (iii) For millions of years denudation of these two land masses resulted in deposition of silts into the sea. (iv) These giant land masses slowly moved towards each other, and this made the sea shrink. (v) If buckled up the sediments into mighty fold mountains. These mountains are called Himalays. |
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