Compared to single-channel meandering rivers, multichannel braided rivers are often found in environments with sparse ...

From Africa to Asia, countries are already fighting over rivers, dams, and access to freshwater. As the world faces growing ...

A report shows that both Mead and Powell have "reached alarmingly low levels, holding just one-third of their usual capacity." ...

Colorado River Basin states are almost, sort of, close to a small compromise in their negotiations that focuses on matching ...

A top Interior Department official told negotiators they must have a plan by Nov. 11 or face the federal government taking ...

Have you ever imagined a world where the great rivers we depend on—rivers that once seemed eternal—simply vanish? Across the ...

The Tigris and Euphrates rivers originate in the mountains of eastern Turkey. Together, they account for over 90% of Iraq’s freshwater and around 88% of Syria’s.

In 2022, archeologists unearthed what appeared to be the oldest intact reed boat. It was found buried in a sediment-filled former channel of the Euphrates River, near the ancient city of Uruk, in the ...

Cyanide from a waste pool at Çöpler Gold Mine, located on two active faults 500 meters from the Euphrates in Erzincan province, leached into the soil in 2022. This year, cyanide-laden soil slid into ...

Mehmet Hanefi says the Kralkızı Dam, which opened in 1997, flooded prime farmland along a tributary of the Tigris River in Turkey. Image by Murat Yazar. 2024. A series of dams and years of conflict ...