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paragraph3: mountain building

1. why do mountains like the himalayas continue to grow taller each year?

Explanation:

Mountains like the Himalayas grow taller due to tectonic plate movement. The Indian Plate is still colliding with the Eurasian Plate. This collision causes the Earth's crust to crumple and uplift, leading to the continuous rise of the Himalayan mountain range. The process of plate tectonics and the resulting orogeny (mountain - building process) is the key factor here. The forces generated by the ongoing convergence of these two continental plates are strong enough to overcome the forces of erosion that act to wear down the mountains, so the Himalayas continue to be uplifted and grow taller each year.

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Mountains like the Himalayas continue to grow taller each year because the Indian Plate is still colliding with the Eurasian Plate. This tectonic plate collision causes the Earth's crust to crumple and uplift (orogeny), and the uplifting forces from the plate convergence currently overcome the erosional forces that act to wear down the mountains, resulting in the Himalayas' continuous growth in height.