The Highest Peak: How Mount Everest Formed
| Author | : Jenna Tolli |
| Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
| Total Pages | : 34 |
| Release | : 2019-07-15 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781725301474 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1725301474 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Highest Peak: How Mount Everest Formed by : Jenna Tolli
Download or read book The Highest Peak: How Mount Everest Formed written by Jenna Tolli and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mount Everest, Earth's tallest mountain over sea level, formed about 40 million to 50 million years ago when prehistoric continents split and collided. This process was made possible by the movement of Earth's tectonic plates. Readers will learn more about how the movement of these tectonic plates helped form the Himalayas, including Everest. Breathtaking photographs provide readers with visual correlations to the narrative, while fact boxes and sidebars supplement the main text.
