You Searched For "the river basin" and got 14 results
Sort By:
3 mins read
Exploring the majestic rivers of India: A glimpse into nature's lifelines
India, a land of diverse landscapes and rich natural beauty, is blessed with numerous rivers that p…
4 mins read
Atmospheric river: Definition, relationship to hurricanes, potential benefits, and more FAQs answered
Atmospheric rivers are defined as rivers of water vapor in the sky. They can bring heavy rain or sn…
Jenny McGrath
2 mins read
A shocking video shows a house crumbling into an Alaskan river and getting swept away by raging floodwaters
A six-hour time lapse video posted online showed a gray house tipping over, then crumbling into Ala…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
2 mins read
Before-and-after photos show how the Mississippi River has dropped dramatically, choking a crucial shipping corridor
Satellite images show how drought has dried the banks of the Mississippi River, exposed new land, a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
4 mins read
The US Army has been dredging the Mississippi River 24/7 for 6 months. The drought crisis that grounded barges and unearthed fossils may finally be over.
Drought along the Mississippi River may finally ease in February, ending a months-long spree of con…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Ayelet …
4 mins read
Summer heat and 'flash drought' dried up the Mississippi River, choking a crucial shipping corridor. It could devastate America's agricultural exports.
The Mississippi River is a crucial shipping artery for US agricultural exports. Its dwindling water…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Ayelet …
5 mins read
Photos show the Mississippi River is so low that it's grounding barges, disrupting the supply chain, and revealing a 19th-century shipwreck
Barges are cutting their cargo, engineers are emergency dredging, and sea water is pushing its way …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Paola R…
4 mins read
The Biden administration is offering to pay Colorado River farmers to let fields go dry during a devastating drought. They're worried it's just the first step in losing their way of life.
To avoid more drastic measures that could destroy their livelihoods, agricultural producers want be…
Ethan Dodd
3 mins read
6 western states agreed on a plan to make major cuts to water usage from the shrinking Colorado River, but California — the largest user of them all — wouldn't get on board
"We've been living on borrowed water," Sharon B. Megdal, of the University of Arizona told Insider …
Kelsey Vlamis
1 min read
Shipwreck of a World War II barge that sank in 1943 surfaces after Italy's largest river reaches low levels during drought
Italy's Po River is facing its worst drought in 70 years, threatening drinking water supply, irriga…
Sarah Jackson
1 min read
Ganga Nodal Agency Transferred To Water Resources Ministry
The transfer follows the government's recent move to expand the role of the Water Resources Ministr…
2 mins read
A glacier in China is melting at an unprecedented rate — but it is India that may end up paying the price
A cluster of Chinese glaciers are melting at an unprecedented rate — and could have disastrous cons…
3 mins read
Australia is pumping oxygen into lakes and rivers as a 'Band-Aid solution' to stop thousands of fish from dying
The Independent reported that critics of the New South Wales government believe that poor managemen…
Peter Kotecki,Peter Kotecki
2 mins read
Nestle sailed Amazon rivers to sell its candy and chocolate pudding to the backwoods of Brazil
Faced with pressures to grow sales, big food companies - from Nestlé to Unilever to General Mills -…