Q. Himalaya has emerged from which of the geosyncline?
Answer: Tethys
Notes: The Himalayan mountains have come out of a great geosyncline called the Tethys Sea. About 120 million years ago, there were only two big continents in the world- in the north was Laurasia or Angara land and in the southern hemisphere was Gondwanaland. In between Laurasia and Gondwanaland, there was a long, narrow and shallow sea called Tethys Sea. Sediments were brought by the rivers from these landmasses and deposited in the bed of the sea. the Himalayas was formed by the compression and crushing of these sediments.

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