The Kosi River Causes Significant Uplift At Mount Everest Each Year
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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.
Scientists explain Mount Everest's anomalous growth
Mount Everest is Earth's tallest mountain - towering 5.5 miles (8.85 km) above sea level - and is actually still growing.
Mount Everest is having a growth spurt — and it’s because of its rivers
Essentially, the immense pressure and force generated by the collision causes the crust to thicken, resulting in the uplift of peaks like Mount Everest. Additionally, the ongoing movement of the Indian Plate into Eurasia continues to push the mountains higher each year.
Mount Everest is having a growth spurt. Here’s what’s behind it.
It’s a new additional component of uplift of Mount Everest,” said Matthew Fox, study co-author and geologist at University College London. He expects this spurt of Everest
River ‘piracy’ gave towering Everest a growth spurt, scientists say
The Kosi River in the Himalayas once captured part of a tributary: the Arun River. It set off a chain of geological events that reshaped the landscape, a new study has found.
A Himalayan river may be making Everest taller
Mount Everest is 15-50m taller than it would otherwise be because a river is eroding rock and soil at its base, helping push it upwards, according to a new study. Loss of landmass in the Arun river basin 75km (47 miles) away is causing the world’s highest peak to rise by up to 2mm a year,
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Rapid erosion caused by a geological act of “piracy” tens of thousands of years ago may have raised Earth’s crust and elevated Mount Everest by as much as 50 metres
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