China and Nepal have agreed a solution to a long-running disagreement over the height of Mount Everest. They agreed that the world's highest mountain – which traverses the border of the two countries – should be recognised as being 8,848m tall. <br/><br/>The Chinese previously argued it should be measured by its rock height. Nepal said it should be measured by its snow height – this is four metres higher. <br/><br/>During talks in Nepal's capital Kathmandu, China accepted that claim. This means the official overall height of Everest is now designated as 8,848m. Nepal also recognises China's claim that the rock height of Everest is 8,844m. <br/><br/>The broadly-accepted height of 8,848m was first recorded by an Indian survey in 1955. It measured the mountain's snow cap, rather than the rock beneath it.<br/>