Mount Everest is taller than it should be — and a weird river may be to blame
According to a new study, a river roughly 46 miles (75 kilometers) from Everest was "captured" by another around 89,000 years ago. The erosion from this event carved away a huge gorge, leading to a loss of landmass that made the mountain experience a major growth spurt.
Mount Everest is astoundingly tall at 29,032 feet above sea level, besting its Himalayan neighbors by hundreds of feet.
Mount Everest is about 15 to 50 metres taller than it would otherwise be because of uplift caused by a nearby eroding river ...
At over five miles or 29,032-feet high, Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth. Called Chomolungma in Tibetan or ...
It has taken 89,000 years for Himalayan peak to be pushed further skywards by erosion and pressure from below Earth’s surface ...
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