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 ...

Alberto Cantino, an Italian spy, acquired a Portuguese map showing stunning finds in the New World. This story appears ... Coastlines, harbors, rivers, resources: Details about these features ...

Consisting of eight geographical clusters of protected areas within the boundaries of the Three Parallel Rivers ... the major arc curving into Indochina from the eastern end of the Himalayas. Being ...

China has over 1,500 rivers. Most of the major rivers - like the Yangtze ... As a result, China is rich in water-power resources, leading the world in hydropower potential, with reserves of ...

Scientists since the 1940s have argued we normally possess an internal compass, “a map-like representation ... maps of the New World became better, at least the seacoasts and major rivers ...