Mount Everest is around 15 to 50 metres taller than it would otherwise be because of a river that is pushing it up, research suggests. The nearby river is cutting into the landscape around the mountain and pushing the giant peak further upwards.

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Scientists explain Mount Everest's anomalous growth

River erosion at its base is helping push Mount Everest upwards, a new study says.

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Mount Everest: A river may be making world's highest peak taller

Over the past 89,000 years, this has increased Everest’s height by between 15 and 50 metres, researchers say.

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River is pushing up Mount Everest’s peak, study suggests

The Kosi River in the Himalayas once captured part of a tributary: the Arun River. It set off a chain of geological events that reshaped the landscape, a new study has found.

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River ‘piracy’ gave towering Everest a growth spurt, scientists say

Mount Everest is Earth's tallest mountain - towering 8.85km above sea level - and is actually still growing. While it and the rest of the Himalayas are continuing an inexorable uplift that dates back to their birth roughly 50 million years ago when the Indian subcontinent collided with Eurasia, Everest is

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Mount Everest is around 15 to 50 metres taller than it would otherwise be because of a river that is pushing it up, research suggests.

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Everest has gained roughly 15-50 metres in height. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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The nearby river is cutting into the landscape around the mountain and pushing the giant peak further upwards

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Mount Everest is getting taller thanks to amazing reason

When the Arun River captured a nearby waterway 89,000 years ago, it created a gorge that ultimately resulted in an on-going growth spurt for the world's highest mountain.

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Mount Everest is getting taller - now scientists think they know why

Mount Everest is Earth's tallest mountain - towering 5.5 miles (8.85 km) above sea level - and is actually still growing.

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Mount Everest is about 15 to 50 meters taller than it would otherwise be because of uplift caused by a nearby eroding river gorge, and continues to grow because of it, finds a new study by UCL researchers.

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A river is pushing up Mount Everest's peak

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Recent uplift of Chomolungma enhanced by river drainage piracy - Nature Geoscience

River is pushing up Mount Everest’s peak, study suggests

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