Highest peak (Gap Adventures)

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Most people know Mount Everest in the Himalayas on the Nepal and China border is the world's highest mountain but did you know it grows about four millimetres a year? It's because the two tectonic plates, which collided millions of years ago forming the mountain range, still press against each other, causing the peaks to grow each year.

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