Mount+Everest,+China

Mount Everest  Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world and is in the Himalayan mountain range, Asia. It's elevation is 29,002 feet high! Though mount Everest is the highest doesn't mean it is the biggest. Some are larger because the start below sea level or under ground. It is made out of limestone, shale and marble. Mount Everest is 60 million years old. It was formed when the Indian and Asian tectonic plates pushed together. Mount Everest is still rising it moves a quarter inch each year.