The snow and ice stored within the magnificent arc of high-altitude glaciers in the Greater Himalaya are crucial sources of seasonal water for almost every major river system of Asia, from the Indus ...

Most of the major rivers - like the Yangtze - have their source ... the Yangtze at 6,300 km is not only the longest river in China but in all of Asia. It is the third longest river in the world ...

This reaches over 1.35 billion people through 10 of Asia’s major rivers. Asia is already facing an uphill battle. It does not help that interconnected factors – population growth, socioeconomic ...

The Property contains an outstanding diversity of landscapes, such as deep-incised river gorges ... These were major geological events in the evolution of the land surface of Asia and they are ...