eli5 do mountain ranges like the himalayas recede over millions of years during tectonic movements? Is it just the reverse proces of what created them?

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eli5 do mountain ranges like the himalayas recede over millions of years during tectonic movements? Is it just the reverse proces of what created them?

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Typically mountain ranges erode away; wind and water and natural disaster moving material from the top of the mountain down to the bottom(ish) and surrounding areas

How frightening it would be to see a mountain range be gobbled up under and plate, even over a long time scale

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