• Tar_Alcaran
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      11 hours ago

      Ehhhh they’re younger than some mountains though. There are ranges that are over a billion years old, but the Himalayas are “only” some 40-70 million years old, depending on when you start counting (40-50 if you actually start from being mountains, 70 if you start from “ground moves up”)

      • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
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        14 hours ago

        The geologic processes that led to the formation of the Appalachian Mountains started 1.1 billion years ago.

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