Why is Mount Everest so tall? - Michele Koppes
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At 8,850 meters above sea level, Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest, has the highest altitude on the planet. But how did this towering formation get so tall? Michele Koppes peers deep into our planet’s crust, where continental plates collide, to find the answer.
Lesson by Michele Koppes, animation by Provincia Studio.
To those of who are confused about the word 'Quomolangma', it comes from the Chinese/Tibetan language meaning "mother of the World". In Nepali, we call Mt. Everest as 'Sagarmatha' meaning "Forehead of the sky".
Sagar = sea and matha = forehead
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@@poba1863 no.. Thapa is correct
@@100millionsub8 In Sanskrit and Hindi, Sagar means Sea/Ocean.
@@JasonMomos in nepali its mean sky or top , so it meaning is forehead of sky
@@JasonMomos Its Nepali language , Nepali people call Mount Everest Sagarmatha
Why is the land so low? - Mount Everest
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Cadence Wintercloud you must visit nepal
#experience nepal 2018
Why is the land so high? -- Mariana Trench
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Hikers??? More like Mountaineers, this is no hike this is a gawd damn journey.
mountaineers, more like damn daredevils. im not about to called that "hiking"
Yay for my country I guess *whispers* nepal
Btw Let me tell
When u start climbing The mountain
Ur Basically on A hiking trail till the mountain
lol it's a hike. a *high* hike... but there is only one small area of technical climbing.
More like Celeste maybe
The animation is beautiful
+Izzy Hack Like you. :))
+BIGMUSCLE ohh tnx !
+Izzy Hack that reaction tho XD If that were me I'd be like "are you hitting on me? XD"
Tasnia Choudhury I am hitting on u
Ok
If you want to climb mount everest it will cost you around 75-85 thousand dollars(including gears,accommodation and lodging expenses) .You need a expedition permit from Government of Nepal (Ministry of culture,tourism and civil aviation ) .You have to take a flight to Kathmandu ,Nepal and from there to Lukla ,Nepal which is considered one of the most dangerous airport in the world.From there its a 7-10 day walk to base camp.
prayatna punk emo yes ok
you thought it would be easy as taking sun bath in beach
Could you not just use your own equipment and just climb all alone?
@@randomperson-fz7jz you still have to pay $25k to Nepal government and i dont think you can climb without a guide service. Practically impossible. There are certain locations where guides will make way by connecting ladders in slopes and ditch risking their lives.
You also have to complete 10 14,000ft summits in order to even qualify an attempt at Everest
Being a Nepalese neither I'm proud of nor I care whether it lies in Nepal China or between. All I care is the commercial climbing route is in the Nepalese side and grateful that it serves our tourism well. All I want is we should preserve its surrounding environment well. It's our natural heritage.
Support India and we promise ,,whole of my
Everest will be yours....
@@anuragsharma1498 We don't wanna be the next Sikkim. We are sovereign country and we will be till eternity.
As an indian i want that mountain in my country👉🏔️👈
Support india and we will give Everest Masala for free...
India didn't like this
I'll stick to climbing the stairs
😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😭
Mt. Everest is in Nepal and also called Sagarmatha by the Locals
Chomolongma =Mt everest seriously ?
99.7% of the world calls it Everest and always will. If they changed the name of the moon to "Allha" people would still call it "The Moon".
Totally wrong. At least 1.4 billions Chinese call it Zhumulangma in Mandarin ( Qomolangma)
@@Crashed131963people get respect from nepalese for one reason. And the reason is calling the worlds tallest mountain with its real name "Sagarmatha". Use the real term and get respect free of cost. Its best for being human.😊😊
well its true but its real name is sagarmatha it belongs to our country so it belongs to our locality and we call it sagarmatha otherwise taj mahal in india why do we call it becayse it is what its called in india otherwise why shouldnot we call it a white palace
Good nutrition, i guess
underrated comment ^
Mount Everest ate drank its milk, and ate its broccoli.
dschonsie it gets big cuz it dosent have
*N A T U R A L P R E D I T O R S*
Nah, it's genetics.
dschonsie lol nutrition lolololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololol
The top two things in my wishlist:
1. Climb to the top of Everest.
2. Don't die on my descent.
What if you fail both...
Wait
altitude and cold temp related condition are far more likely to kill you that a fall. If you do decide to climb, spend sufficient time on acclimatizing, so you don't cough up blood on the way. Good Luck, you'll need it!
You are lie
@@dangercraft6990 is this a vietnamese ?how hilarious!
I misread the thumbnail's title as
lol xD
same
that would be me
I misread it as "why are Deez nuts so salty"
What!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I misread your comment and was confused bc it was the same
Yes, it's over 8500m, but the surrounding valleys are all around +4000m, so it's just a 4500m peak over high terrain, it's totally not like I imagined it since I was a kid, Google Earth was the first to give me a more realist view of Everest.
And because there are so many tall mountains around it, it looks less impressive than, for example, Mount Kilimanjaro or Denali
4500m is still notable
Actually Climbing it must be the real challenge, perhaps that's why people visit it, I guess.
8500km above the Sea-level must create Low Pressure, difficulty in Breathing, Cold, etc.
Although, I have a fear of height but I do guess the cause why its so thrill seeking.
That's because you only noticed the south of Mount Everest, which is blocked by Lhotse. Only when you look at Mount Everest from the Tibetan side can you feel its pyramid-shaped body. The east of Mount Everest can theoretically reach a drop of nearly 6,000 meters. The east of Mount Everest and the north of Makalu form the most scenic hiking routes in the world. I don’t think there is one.
@@fau4762 No, I did notice that the northern side of Mount Everest is more imposing and unobstructed, but it still looks like many other 4500m mountains in terms of imposing height.
I also mentioned the southern view of Mount Everest in my previous comment because, as far as I know, it's by far the one people will likely get to see given that it's along the most popular route used to reach Mount Everest... and to be fair, it seems to be the prettiest route.
To be fair, a mountain with a height of 4500M from base to peak is still ridiculous.
So mountains are basically the geological equivalent of wrinkles
+Hobbes - More like ingrown toenails.
Happy Garden Of Life no it’s ingrown fingernails
oh my god you're right.
prai who is right
Ol
Here use this to finish your assignment:
Every spring, hundreds of adventurer seekers dream of climbing Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest. At base camp, they hunker down for months waiting for the chance to scale the mountain’s lofty, lethal peak. But why do people risk life and limb to climb Everest? Is it the challenge? The view? The chance to touch the sky? For many, the draw is Everest’s status as the highest mountain on Earth. There is an important distinction to make here. Mauna Kea is actually the tallest from base to summit, but at 8850 meters above sea level, Everest has the highest altitude on the planet. To understand how this towering formation was born, we have to peer deep into our planet’s crust, where continental plates collide. The earth surface is like an armadillo’s armor. Pieces of crust constantly move over, under, or around each other. For such huge continental plates, the motion is relatively quick. They move two to four centimeters per year, about as fast as fingernails grow. When two plates collide, one pushes into or underneath the other, buckling at the margins and causing what is known as uplift to accommodate the extra crust. That is how Everest came about. 50 million years ago, the Earth’s Indian plate drifted north and bumped into the bigger Eurasian plate and the crust crumpled creating huge uplift. Mount Everest lies at the heart of this action on the edge of the Indian-Eurasian collision zone. But mountains are shaped by forces other than uplift. As the land is pushed up, airmasses are forced to rise as well. Rising air cools, causing any water vapor within it to condense and form rain or snow. As that falls it wears down the landscape dissolving rocks or breaking them down in a process known as weathering. Water moving down-hill carries the weathered material. It erodes the landscape, carving deep valleys and jagged peaks. This balance between uplift and erosion, gives a mountain its shape. But compare the celestial peaks of the Himalayas to the comforting hills of Appalachia, clearly all mountains are not alike. That is because time comes into the equation as well too. When continental plates first collide, uplift happens fast. The peaks grow tall with steep slopes. Over time however, gravity and water wear them down. Eventually erosion takes uplift, wearing down peaks more than they are pushed up. A third factor shapes mountains: climate. In subzero temperatures, some snowfall does not completely melt away, instead slowly compacting until it becomes ice. That forms the snowline, which occurs at different heights around the planet depending on climate. At the freezing poles, the snowline is at sea level. Near the equator, you have to climb 5 kilometers before it gets cold enough for ice to form. Gathered ice starts flowing under its own immense weight forming a slow-moving frozen river known as a glacier, which grinds the rock below. The steeper the mountains, the faster ice flows, and the quicker it carves the underlying rock. Glaciers can erode landscapes swifter than rain and rivers. Where glaciers cling to mountain peaks, they sand them down so fast, they lop the tops off like giant snowy buzzsaws. So then, how did the icy Mount Everest come to be so tall? The cataclysmic continental crash from which it arose, made it huge to begin with. Secondly the mountain lies near the tropics, so the snowline is high, and the glaciers, relatively small, barely big enough to widdle it down. The mountain exits in the perfect storm of conditions that maintain its impressive stature. But that won’t always be the case. We live in a changing world where the continental plates, Earth’s climate, and the planet’s erosive power might one day conspire to cut down Mount Everest down to size. For now, at least, it remains legendary in the minds of hikers, adventurers, and dreamers alike.
Thanks my G.
It started off as a mole hill, and then my mother got involved.
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It actually started as a sea
underrated comment 😂😂
Ok
Didn't understand.!!😐😐🙁😕!!
Great video, I'd like to see a follow-up on why the largest mountain in the solar system, Olympus Mons on Mars, is so tall. Granted we don't fully know that answer yet, but I think we know enough for a short summary of possible explanations and how Mars' reduced gravity affected its geology would be extremely interesting.
Actually each and every video of TED-Ed is so interesting and astonishing that I can't even let a single epi to miss 💕
Im glad I went to school i understand everything there talking about (weathering, tectonic plates, gravity)
@SoloAlex2005 you said "Im glad I went to school i understand everything there talking about (weathering, tectonic plates, gravity)"... you probably meant to say 'They're' instead of 'There'.
@TED-Ed : i wish you said "Sagarmatha"(mt.everest in nepali language);as being the fact that most part of it is in Nepal side. Qomolangma is in tibetan language and we nepali call it Sagarmatha not qomolangma. thanks.
It should be named Qomolangma, period
Sagarmatha 👍✌
Aashish Pakhrin it was named Sagarmatha years after it was already named Everest.
Ashutosh Kumar People really get confused between terms Indian plate and India..
Aashish Pakhrin yep
Nepali here.. Feeling proud! #everest
Yeah
+Two plus Four is seven Its actually cause of India. Joking we both can be proud....... please :D lol
+Two plus Four is seven yeah
+/DeMonZ/ /S/ what do you mean four is seven?
***** Nepal must suck?? You are marked as CDI (Certified Dumbass Idiot).
MT.Everest is in Nepal where I used to live (I miss Nepal)
I'm from I Wisconsin..
I love Nepal
Yessss
I'm from Nepal! Hello!
@XXRiyan_GodzXX GachaGODZ Same!
These kind of video are so enjoyable and man! The quality is amazing!
+Inherent Emperor Hahah! not the same kind of enjoyment, but still pretty close tho.
I'm from Nepal and I have never climbed Everest. By the way the real name of Mt. Everest is "Sagarmatha" (Nepali name) which means "forehead in the sky".
@@spaghettboy2173 actually it means The Roof Of the World
Thank you so much TED ED!! I learn so much.
Pen-Pen Chen has such a great voice.
TED-Ed, the answers to your 3 am questions.
Hikers : Im gonna climb Mt.Everest!
Frostbite : Im gonna end this mans whole carreer
Dont forget hypothermia
and oxygen
I like Ted Talks and Vsauce, both encourage questions and curiosity while also prompting just how niche of a question you can ask and still find tons of information within that niche
My fingernails grow faster than 2-4cm/year...
early
+Jern_ *than
+Pop jussi Woeps
+Jern_ Just think about how long they'd be in a few million years...
+Jern_ I'm running at like a cm a month lol
Hi TED-Ed, Chomolongma is the Tibetan name for the mighty Everest. Considering if you're scaling it from which side matters. The Nepali name for Everest is Sagarmatha! Would have been nice if you mentioned it, but this is just a pointer! Love the informative video.
The mountain is littered with garbage, human waste and several hundred frozen corpses.
😑
hundred?
Yes hundreds I did an essay on it
+Paco Cotero Yes. Tradition or whatever says anyone who died on the mountain stays on the mountain. Testament of will or some such nonsense. Use Bing to googles 'frozen dead on mt everest"
+Ezra Mahle Nasty stuff. Hope you are not an adrenaline seeker.
memories.... i just climbed the very top of mount Everest last spring with my wife, and had a good time... it was really awesome and i hope everyone could be there before they die...
Oh, there's a good chance they'll die, alright. Even if it _is_ just the top they climb.
"Mount Everest is not the tallest mountain"
Years of academy training waisted
Isn't that where the grinch lives?
yep, and if you look closely, you can see Whoville at the base
+Dominic S I nuked that mountain tho
+Chris M it isnt mount olymphus
Chris M k thx
Chimborazo is a currently inactive stratovolcano in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes. Its last known eruption is believed to have occurred around 550 CE.
With a peak elevation of 6,268 metres (20,564 ft), Chimborazo is the highest mountain in Ecuador. It is the highest peak near the equator. Chimborazo is not the highest mountain by elevation above sea level, but its location along the equatorial bulge makes its summit the farthest point on the Earth's surface from the Earth's center. (wikipedia)
It would have been great to mention this in the video as a reference, sort of like Mauna Kea was.
Copy paste?
Ezra Mahle Of course, that´s why I wrote wikipedia in parentheses.
I don't know about all of this but for me there's always gonna be another mountain, I always gonna wanna make it move. Sometimes it'll be an uphill battle, sometimes I'm gonna have to lose. Ain't about how fast I'm going, ain't about what's waiting on the other side, it's the climb.
+Kayla De Nae haha :D
Dear, @TED-Ed , you only mentioned its name in tibetan language and forgot to mention the name of mt. everest in nepali language , its called "Sagarmatha" meaning forehead in the sky. thanks.
f o r e h e a d
Who cares
Do you know whole Himalayan was belongs to Tibet.
@@kas19932 and whole tibet belongs to china lol
@@Pluto-ic4dj yes i know.
Its known on the other side as the Himaalayas. Since the Indian plate bumped into Eurasian plate and created the mountain range, its better to call it Himalayas.
Dawa Tamang Make some sense, please.
I think the whole area is known as the Himalayas but that specific mountain is known as mount Everest. at least that's how I see it. I could be wrong. good day :)
Himalayas are mountain range
The range of mountains is called Himalayas or Himalay and THE HIGHEST PEAK IS MT. EVEREST OR SAGARMATA(. Nepali name).
@@tagaway6173 it is sagarmatha
Thanks this helped with my assessment
Ok! I have to watch this for school, and its super helpful for the assignment. Thank you! 😊
Fun fact: If you placed Mt.Everst at the deepest part of the ocean, it would still be submerged under water by 3 miles :D
+John Bautista Nope 10994(marine trench depth) - 8848(mt. everest height) = 2146m = 1.3 miles
+Sourabh Verma I thought it was 8 miles, im sorry
Hah! Nerds.
mtarkes Why do you have to be a hater man!
Sourabh Verma
That felt like hate to you?
Do more riddles please
Very insightful and informative 👍👍
There are types of earthquakes you know, there is convergent boundary (when plates crash to each other), divergent boundary (when plates move against each other), and transform fault (when plates move side to side). Mount Everest was formed by a convergent boundary earthquake
Mount Everest is not just the tallest mountain on earth, it’s the tallest place on Earth.
Well - it depends how do you measure. If you measure from Earth's core it's gonna be Mount Chimborazo.
No. I stand taller
@@robertrobbmaciag3937 Thta is correct because the Earth is flattened more on the poles. Therefore, it gives an advantage to the Mountains closer to the equator which is itself further from the center of the planet.
it is tall becuase it wants to be tall
I want to be tall how come in not tall?
ur tall just believe in your self x)
I want to be tall
I agree
its not like that duh
Thanku so much for such a beautiful video!! I'm genuinely greatful to reveal such a great secret to myself because of this video! It means a lot! Thanku!
I like the new voice.. So much fun to listen now!
Mauna Kea: You can't beat me Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest), I am the tallest mountain from base to summit.
Sagarmatha: It's over Mauna Kea, I have the high ground.
Mt everst is called Sagarmatha. It is found in Nepal. 8 Out of 10 tallest peak are in Nepal.
Yes "Indian" Plateau moved up and Himalayas formed.... Gifting Nepal it's mountains
I just wonder, Which application you use to create such great videos? Could you please share with me?
Thank you.
The top layer of rock on Mount Everest contains fossils of sea creatures. The height of Mount Everest is far greater than its altitude above see level. The mountain's floor is at the level where the India Ocean plate and Asia continental plate meet.
I imagine this doesn't need to be said, so I'll type it. That was really interesting.
Well there existed a sea named Tethys sea in the Mesozoic time. 150 Million years ago the Gondwanaland land broke off and part of it (Indian plate) moved towards the Eurasian plate. The Tethyan sea in between the Eurasian & Indian plate got squeezed (starting at around 60 million years ago) and formed the central region of the Himalayas.
Therefore, it wasn't the collision of two continental plates, rather squeezing of oceanic plate by two oppositely moving continental plate which created the mighty Himalayas. And that's why we can found Carbonate rocks and marine fossils in the central part of Himalayas.
Nepalese people call it " Sagarmatha". Sagar means sea & mata means Mother. So, may be the name has something to do with the Tethys Sea. Well we call it Mount Everest here in India.
Its not mata it's matha meaning forehead. Sagarmatha means forehead of the ocean
Great video, thank you and thanks to the people who comment and gave the original name; Sagarmatha.
Good way to keep comment section alive and impart knowledge by not mentioning 'Sagarmāthā' at all but focussing on 'Qomolangma' as if it was the original name.
Glad to hear you mention 'Chomolungma'. :)
Commonly Mount Everest is called Sagarmatha in Nepali language. Also known as Chomolungma or Zhumulangma in Tibetan or in other native language I guess. But, the name Sagarmatha is well renowned all over Nepal. 🙏🏔️
i watched this because of homework, but it was very interesting and well put together.
I used to become obsessed with this kind of stuff in high school while I lived through adolescence!
Because it is standing on its tippy-toes. ;-)
You said Chomolongma(Tibetian) but not Sagarmatha(Nepali)??
Why??
Just as in farcry 4 they are speaking Hindi not Nepali.
And it will continue. Accept it.
Edit: It's just these area are so diverse they tend to go for more globally knows things.
Thanks for the video...
but how long did it take to grow that high from the initial plate collision?
since when finger nails only grow 2-4 cm per year
well, they grow 1 mm per week
+Captain Erio I guess since around 50 million bc when primates came around.
Hannah Niemczyk same
+Captain Erio Guys I don't understand the explanation at 4:02. Does anyone know what they mean?
+random girl
Basically, Mt. Everest lies in the tropic band that circles the Earth. Because of this, the snow line is very high and glaciers could only form near the tip of the mountain. The top of the mountain has a smaller area for glaciers to form so they can't grow to be huge and erode the uplift below. Due to the lesser erosion, Mt. Everest maintained its shape for millions of years.
I saw a documentary, and it said that Mount Everest is still growing...
Yes it is
It's interesting when you think about it, that people chose to prefer Everest's status. If they wanted to climb the tallest mountain, the mentioned Mauna Kea should draw their attention, and if they wanted to reach the outermost point from Earth's centre they would go to Chimborazo. And some do climb those for sure, but somehow Everest is seen as having that special status.
Another reason the Himalayas are so very tall is the speed of the plate collision, which was faster than other plate interactions.
Most plate collisions are slow bumps...the India plate crashed.
Main thing is mount Everest is not in india. It is in Nepal that is between India and China. It is also called sagarmatha
Watch again, she said, "Indian plate"
China have N face and E face. Nepal only have SW face.
I'm slightly disappointed the Tethys Sea wasn't mentioned. Mount Everest rose from it when the plates clashes.
Picturing a mountain rising out of a sea is cool and terrifying at the same time.
hello everyone hope u'r having an amazing day !
could anyone answer me how to make like these videos or what program that ted -edu use ? please
love this video
I am just shocked that Nepal wasn't mentioned once in the video. That is just so sad!
Mohit Rauniyar what is Nepal?
_Controversy Creator_ it is country in asia where mt.everest lie
Mohit Rauniyar why was Mars not mentioned in this video..?
Why was Olympus Mons not mentioned?? It is about three times taller than Everest.
Why they didn't mention China by the way?
Keep the videos coming :)
Good Video.. Lot of information given..
what program to use to create these video-animations?
Namaste🙏from NEPAL❤
Namaskar
Or, I should say nawmoshkar ( from west bengal )
Darsan babu..
Namaste from India
On small addition- before the day of Mt. Everest's erosion starts, it will continue to grow. The forces at play in making them this tall aren't done yet 🙂 So I guess, the longer you wait to climb it, the higher it's summit will rise out of your reach 😅
Which animation software was used to make this animation?
Welcome to Nepal🇳🇵 Country of Mount Everest
Qomolangma!! Thank you for including the tibetan word :) Tibetans don't really get recognition that Mt.Everest is also in Tibet :)
Q: "Why is Mt Everest so tall?"
A: Well you see... mountains are like that. Tall. I think that's why we call them mountains.
2:25 - I live in the Appalachians and I can tell you one thing about this mountain range.... In some places you don't even realize how much higher you are to the surrounding land, most of the cities in the Appalachians are between 2 ridges so you can't see the topography, it's a weird but beautiful place.
Edit: And there's nothing comforting about these mountains... We get SLAMMED whenever it snows, even just a little snow can dump inches in an hour because of the mountains.
BRAVO!
i am from nepal..
. the place where everest lies.....
everest lies in nepal👌👌👌
RIP English 😂😂😂
+Why so serious? RIP presence of mind...........
Why so serious? Their english is right why the emojis?
so??
Fuck u all
It would be great if there was one name of Everest "Sagarmatha" real Nepali name.....
Who named it mt Everest ?
akine iar a man called geroge everest
@@akineiar2301 a British scientist
@@akineiar2301 british
But its Local ( origin ) Name is Sagarmatha
Informative
Thanks
her voice made me sleepy
It's Sagarmatha , biatches.
+Leo Valdez ...I thought it was Cho Lung Ma... [whoops!] I mean, Chomolungma...
hahah.. sahi ho mate.
Alu Nepali Nepal ma cha Everest, tibetian nam bhancha recha mula saag haru
Shrey That's how rectangle shaped counties like Nepal call it...
its vernacular is chomolugma. historian baburam aycharya gave it a nepali name sagarmatha because there was no nepali name for it.
amazing
I wish my school was this channel!
man It's Hurt When They Say Mt.Everest But Don't Mentioned Nepal 😭
This shows lack of research while making this video
@@superpeanutcrusade9208but when they say's eiffel tower They always mention Paris !! '-'//
@@superpeanutcrusade9208 they Did Mention It not only Paris Also Amazon Forest They also mention SAfrica 😩 Ufff
@@grungemeliodas999 I mean I think everybody knows where everest is tho
@@balashibuyeeter2704 u are Wrong They will say It's in India ,or china maybe japan
My fingernails grow 2-4cm/week !
Mohammed I
Lucy Vidwans
Eddie Apo
Sparkle GD
Patrick J .
I already knew that. But why aren't there any volcanoes in the Himalaya? Normally when plates collide one subducts under the other resulting in magma being formed that rises and forms volcanoes. Did subjugation not happen along these two plates?
Namaste from the top of the world Nepal 🇳🇵🇳🇵
why there's no single word spelled Nepal?
why it should be?? Everybody knows that it is in Nepal.
china shares half of the mountain too
They also did not mention India, they said 'Indian plate', which includes all south asian countries ( India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka ).
Because Mt Everest > Nepal
im from Nepal too
but i dont think its necessary to mention Nepal lol
It makes me feel insecure about my height
Amazing
Her: In sub zero temperatures...
My brain: MORTAL KOMBAT