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Mountain range

Himalaya

Also known as Himalayas, Himalayan mountain range

The highest continental mountain range on Earth, raised by the ongoing collision between the Indian and Eurasian Plates.

How this record is known

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Settled consensus
Cited as the accepted position of the discipline.

3 of 3 claims on this page cite at least one registered source. Counts describe how each statement is known, not how likely it is to be true.

What Lithoen records

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Established50 Ma before present

The collision of India into Asia that raised the Himalaya began about 50 million years ago.

  • precision note: About 50 million years ago, as stated by the source; published estimates of collision onset vary by several million years.

Evidence support: Supported by the cited evidence one source

Evidence: Kious 1996 Primary authority

EstablishedContinental-continental collision between the Indian and Eurasian Plates.

The Himalaya and the Tibetan Plateau were pushed up by continental-continental collision: neither continent is subducted, and slow continuous convergence of the Indian and Eurasian Plates crumples the crust upward.

Evidence support: Supported by the cited evidence one source

Evidence: Kious 1996 Primary authority

EstablishedContinued convergence after collision, with most uplift in the last 10 million years.

Most of the growth of the Himalaya and the Tibetan Plateau to their present heights occurred during the past 10 million years, through slow continuous convergence of the Indian and Eurasian Plates.

Evidence support: Supported by the cited evidence one source

Evidence: Kious 1996 Primary authority

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Record last updated 2026-09-06. Corrections follow the published corrections policy; superseded claims are retained, never silently edited.