Uplift of mountains driven by tectonic forces can influence regional climate1,2 as well as regional drainage patterns, which in turn control the discharge of eroded sediment to the ocean3,4. But ...

The entire Kosi river began flowing through the breach along its old courses, affecting a massive number of people in the Terai plains — 50,000 in Nepal and 3.5 million in Bihar.

Do you know the difference between Peninsular River regime and the Himalayan River regime The climatic condition of any place or region controlled the flow of the river system.

Majority of Himalayan glaciers analysed are melting or retreating at varying rates in different regions, the government has said. It has noted that melting glaciers due to any impact of climate ...

The Indus society came to prominence in what is now northwest India and Pakistan some 5,300 years ago thanks in large part to the sustenance of a long-lost Himalayan river. Or so it was thought.

The river system of Pakistan originates from the snow-covered Himalayan and the Karakoram range. The system comprises mainly five rivers that pass mostly through the Punjab province; therefore the ...

Scientists link it to a Himalayan river. 2mo. M ount Everest, ... the river likely gained its considerable erosive power around 89,000 years ago when it “captured” another river system in Tibet.