River basin

A river’s flow is its heartbeat. Freshwater plants and animals have evolved with, and intimately depend upon, natural patterns of hydrological variability. Healthy rivers have both an unobstructed linear flow – materials can flow downstream, fish can migrate upstream – and also a lateral flow that allows high waters to spread into floodplains, nourishing the...

Mekong River Basin Map

The Tana is the longest river wholly within Kenya. The country is also one of the 11 sharing the waters of the Nile.

If gongs were handed out for the most beautiful cities on the planet then Luang Prabang would be fighting out with heavyweights such as Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town. It’s almost impossible to quibble with Luang Prabang’s status as the premier tourist spot in Laos since the city delivers in pretty much every area. […]

Ganga river in India

Ongoing drought - and increasing temperatures - have reduced water flow in the Colorado River, with more dramatic reductions expected. This ongoing, unprecedented event threatens water supplies in cities in the U.S. West and some of the most productive agricultural lands anywhere in the world.

peru_aerial_1819: Airplane view of the rainforest of the Amazon basin

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Meanders in the Amazon River near Manaus, Brazil