The Himalayan mountain range and Tibetan plateau have formed as a result of the collision between the Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate which began 50 million years ago and continues today.
This immense mountain range began to form between 40 and 50 million years ago, when two large landmasses, India and Eurasia, driven by plate movement, collided.
During the formation of the Karakoram Mountain range, it is the Indian plate that was subducted by the Asia plate (Rex et al 1988).
convergent plate boundaryTypically, a convergent plate boundary—such as the one between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate—forms towering mountain ranges, like the Himalaya, as Earth's crust is crumpled and pushed upward.