Question

Describe how Himalayas were formed. ( Very long answer for 5 marks

Answer 1

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(i) According to the Theory of Plate Tectonics, the Earth’s crust was initially a single,giant super-continent called Pangea. Northern part was the Angaraland and the southern part was the Gondwana land.
(ii) The movement of the molten material below the Earth’s crust caused the crust or the lithosphere to break up into a number of large fragments called tectonic plates.
(iii) Due to conventional current, the Gondwana land was further broken down and split into several parts.
(iv) One part of this Gondwana, the Indo-Australian plate started drifting towards the North. As a result it collided with the Eurasian plate in the North. This collision caused the sedimentary deposition of the Tethys to get folded forming the Himalayas.


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