Prelims · 4 Indian Geography · 4.2 Physiography

4.2.2 Formation of the Himalaya and its significance

The Himalaya rose where the northward-moving Indian plate collided with the Eurasian plate and crumpled the sediments of the old Tethys Sea, and it is still rising.

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  • Standard level
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Key terms

  • Tethys
  • plate tectonics
  • orogeny
  • Main Central Thrust
  • Main Boundary Thrust
  • syntaxial bend
  • Nanga Parbat
  • Namcha Barwa
  • seismic zone

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