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Nearby River is Pushing Up Peak of Mount Everest, Study Suggests

Mount Everest, also known as Chomolungma in Tibetan or Sagarmāthā in Nepali, is about 15 to 50 m taller than it would otherwise be because of uplift caused by a nearby eroding river gorge, and continues to grow because of it, according to new research.

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