There are major rivers like Ganga and Yamuna in North India; similarly, there are some major rivers in South India. The major rivers of peninsular India are Krishna, Godavari, Tapti, and Mahanadi.

Here’s what to know. What is the Indus Waters Treaty? It is an agreement between India and Pakistan that specifies how the waters of six rivers and their tributaries, called the Indus waters ...

See the Launch of a New NASA Satellite to Map the World's Oceans, Lakes and Rivers Nicknamed SWOT — short for Surface Water and Ocean Topography — the satellite is needed more than ever as ...

It awarded use of the three eastern rivers — the Ravi, the Sutlej and the Beas — to India, and of the three western ones — the Indus itself, the Chenab and the Jhelum — to Pakistan downstream.

As India’s population has exploded—in April 2023, it overtook China to become the world’s most populous country—hundreds of millions of people have settled along the Ganges’ floodplain.