Certain areas ( such as the Himalayas ) are not in isostatic equilibrium, which has forced researchers to identify other reasons to explain their topographic heights ( in the case of the Himalayas, which are still rising, by proposing that their elevation is being " propped-up " by the force of the impacting Indian plate; the Basin and Range Province of the Western US is another example of a region not in isostatic equilibrium .)
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Certain areas ( such as the Himalayas ) are not in isostatic equilibrium, which has forced researchers to identify other reasons to explain their topographic heights ( in the case of the Himalayas, which are still rising, by proposing that their elevation is being " propped-up " by the force of the impacting Indian plate; the Basin and Range Province of the Western US is another example of a region not in isostatic equilibrium .)
