Most of the major rivers - like the Yangtze - have ... It is the third longest river in the world, next only to the Nile in Africa (6,670 km) and the Amazon in South America (6,400 km).

Rivers are the lifeblood of many plant, animal, and human communities. Yet many of the world's rivers have been dammed, degraded, polluted, and overdrawn at alarming rates. Some of the world's ...

Sir David talks about other major rivers around the world, as well as explaining about how waterfalls form and how the characteristics of a river may change over time. This video is from the BBC ...

Researchers detected an average increase of 42% in flow of small rivers in the upper reaches during major floods in recent years. Colin Gleason, a professor of civil and environmental engineering ...

Brazilian authorities Monday decreed a “state of water shortage” in the basins of five major rivers nationwide. The critical situation affects some 2,264 million km², it was explained.

Rivers are precious sources of fresh drinking water for people across the world. And when rivers are so badly polluted by industry or unevenly distributed by poor water management practices, it can be ...

As a result, China is rich in water-power resources, leading the world in hydropower potential ... as in the fifth century A.D. It links five major rivers—the Haihe, Yellow, Huaihe, Yangtze ...