Learn why the Brahmaputra is called the 'Sky River of the Himalayas.' Discover its origin, path through India, and facts ...

The Himalayan Mountains tower over some of the most rugged terrain and harshest climate conditions on the planet. Melting snows from Mount Everest, K2, and hundreds of other snow-capped peaks carve ...

FALLING WATER: The braids on the Yarlung Tsangpo (Barhmaputra) near Lhasa before it enters a series of gorges where the world's largest hydroelectric plant is being built by China. Photo: KUNDA DIXIT ...

Dehradun: Unregulated riverbed sand mining has become a "rapidly intensifying geohazard" in the Himalayan region, triggering "profound and potentially irreversible changes to river morphology, ...

The Indus or Harappan Civilisation was a Bronze Age society that developed mainly in the northwestern regions of South Asia from 5300 to 3300 years ago, at about the same time as urban civilisations ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Conservation geneticist Adarsh Man Sherchan is one of the leading experts keeping track of the impacts that Nepal’s dozens of dams are having on ...

ISLAMABAD: The Abu Dhabi Dialogue Group comprising seven states sharing the rivers rising in the Greater Himalayas is expected to meet early next month to adopt a joint initiative to minimise the ...

Low per capita water availability and a high relative level of water use makes South Asia one of the most water scarce regions of the world. For the first time, the International RiverSymposium (IRS) ...

I’d had serious second thoughts. If it was this miserably cold in Delhi, what would a Himalayan river be like? Aquaterra were running India’s first-ever self-contained inflatable kayak expedition in ...

WWF Nepal signs a five-year Memorandum of Understanding with Nepal's Water and Energy Commission Secretariat to sustainably manage the Koshi river basin. Kathmandu, Nepal – Recognizing the growing ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Ten of Asia’s major rivers flow from the Tibetan Plateau and fill river basins that provide water to more than 1.35 billion people, a fifth ...