News tagged with river channels

River flowing from China dries up in India: lawmaker

A major river in India's northeast that originates in Tibet has suddenly dried up, triggering speculation that China might be responsible, a local official told AFP on Thursday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Bangladesh to set up dolphin sanctuaries

Bangladesh will declare three river areas in its southwest as dolphin sanctuaries, wildlife officials said Monday, in a bid to protect the country's population of endangered freshwater cetaceans.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Catastrophic flooding may be more predictable after researchers build a mini river delta

(PhysOrg.com) -- An interdisciplinary team of physicists and geologists led by the University of Pennsylvania has made a major step toward predicting where and how large floods occur on river deltas and alluvial ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Global view of valleys on Titan shows north south contrast

A team of international scientists led by Mirjam Langhans, from the German Aerospace Center (DLR), will present first results of a global analysis of spatial patterns, occurrence and origin of river channels ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Underwater exploration seeks evidence of early Americans

Where the first Americans came from, when they arrived and how they got here is as lively a debate as ever, only most of the research to date has focused on dry land excavations. But, last summer's pivotal underwater exploration ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0