When the Arun River captured a nearby waterway 89,000 years ago, it created a gorge that ultimately resulted in an on-going growth spurt for the world's highest mountain.
Mount Everest has grown by around 15 to 50 metres in the last 89,000 years, and it's increasing every year. Now, scientists say that's because the mountain's water system captured a river. When the Arun River joined with another nearby river, the new path created the deep Arun Gorge near Everest. Now, the river network about 46 miles from the mountain is carving away at the substantial gorge, causing the nearby mountain to rise up by as much as two millimetres a year.
Over millennia, the river Arun has washed away billions of tonnes of earth and sediment along its banks, creating the deep gorge.
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