When continental plates collide with each other, the push together with so much force that the rocks making up the lithosphere are misshapen and mountains are built. Even though there are some awesome and unique features located on the North American Plate, we must visit a different location on Earth to see how these collisions affect our planet's dynamics. Here we will focus on the collision between the Eurasian plate and the Indian plate.
Due to both continental plates being so buoyant, neither one of them will subduct and as the plates pile on top of each other, the lithosphere pushes up towards the sky. In this profile I included the Himalayan Mountains that also include Mount Everest, with its elevation reaching a staggering 8,848 meters. This is also another area prone to seismic activity as you can see with the earthquake tool from Google Earth.
It was about 50 million years ago that the Indian continent began to collide with the Asian continent. Before the two continents collided there was a subduction zone similar to the oceanic and continental boundary. When the two land masses came together the force was so great it caused a shortening and thickening of the continental lithosphere. All of this immense pressure also folded and faulted the crust thus creating the Himalayan mountains. An interesting fact to note is that as this collision took place, it pushed up coral limestone that formed along the continental shelf of India, all the way up to the summit of Everest. Over time the Indian continent pushed deeper under the Eurasian plate which uplifted the entire reign called the Tibet Plateau.