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The collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates around fifty million years ago profoundly altered earths geography and regional climates. The rise of the Himalaya led to intensification of the monsoon, the birth of massive glaciers and turbulent rivers, and an efflorescence of ecosystems along the most extreme elevational gradient on Earth. When the Ice Age ended, humans The collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates around fifty million years ago profoundly altered earths geography and regional climates. The rise of the Himalaya led to intensification of the monsoon, the birth of massive glaciers and turbulent rivers, and an efflorescence... Read More