This story is part of a National Geographic News series on global water issues. Nearly 30 percent of the world's cotton supply comes from India and Pakistan, much of that from the Indus River Valley.

Delhi "put in abeyance" its participation in the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, which governs usage of the Indus river system, shortly after 26 civilians in Indian Kashmir were killed in what India ...

Some experts worry that the entire region's water security could be in danger. India is upstream on the Indus compared to Pakistan — but the river originates in Tibet, under Chinese control.

The glaciers that feed it are a lifeline for some 270 million people. (The Indus River is a lifeline for millions. This map shows the threats it faces.) India ...

Leh: In this Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 file photo, personnel of Border Road Organization and local volunteers work to stop the overflowing water of Indus river which was damaging a highway at Taru ...

Rules of river avulsion change downstream. Nature, 2024; DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07964-2 ...