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<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Theory of formation of Himalayas was proposed by

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Hess
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Eduard Suess
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The correct option is B Eduard Suess
<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Theory of formation of Himalayas was proposed by Edward suess. At the time when the Indian plate converged with the Eurasian plate, ​the plate margins got folded into mountains we know as Himalayas. ​
However, the land to the south of Himalayas formed a great depression, which was filled with sediments brought down by the rivers from ​these mountains.​

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