Will the Himalayas stop growing eventually? If yes, when and at what height will the highest point be then?

Answer 1

The mountains are caused by two platonic plates moving together, when one is finally on top to the other, the growth will probalbly stop, the height will be the combined thickness of the crust in the plates plus the current elevation of the mountains.Visit this site for more info, platetectonics.com then see my site:http://www.geocities.com/shakwa/index.html

Answer 2

No, they will never stop growing. They will continue to get higher. Mountains are caused by plate techtonics. The plates the formed the Himalayas are converging, which means the plates are merging towards each other. One goes on top of the other and gets lifted up by the lower one.

Answer 3

They are still growing at a rate of ~10mm/yr (the convergence of India and Asia), which is on the order of the average over the last 40 Million years. I don't think they could get much higher becaus eas they rise, erosion kicks in as well. But, a few hundred more meters is not unreasonable.

Answer 4

Yes. at what point is debatable. all things must adhere to certain physical laws, such as Matter and Gravity. Think about it. If it continued to grow, would it consume the planet as its Mass and protrude into space? not likely. its weight along with the earths gravity would first cause a "Pancake " effect and it would spread out before it escalated much higher

Answer 5

Sure, but before the uplift stops there will be more shear and shedding that will reduce their heights. It is like stacking dominos, eventually things slough and topple.

Answer 6

They will stop growing when the sun blows the
Earth up and they will be 39,584.5 feet high.