Looking at satellite imagery, the team discovered what appeared to be a former main channel for the Ganges running parallel to the river as it runs today for around 100 kilometres (62 miles).

Liz Chamberlain, the study’s lead author, and her colleagues were studying satellite images of the Ganges when they noticed a two-kilometer-wide crescent shape 45km from the river. On closer ...

In a first, researchers from NASA and Virginia Tech have used satellite data to measure the height and speed of potentially ...

NASA’s SWOT satellite tracked large U.S. river flood waves for the first time, revealing their speed and size.

Given the paucity of information on Ganges river dolphin habitat needs, movement pattern or home range information, it was decided to undertake satellite tagging of dolphins in it’s distribution ...

The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But ...

The dark ribbon curls down a dirt embankment and flows into the Ganges River. "That's toxic runoff," says Rakesh Jaiswal, a 48-year-old environmental activist, as he leads me along the refuse ...

Map of the holy river Ganges also know as Ganga in India. Ganga Map showing course and the Ganges Plain ie., the area drained by the river. This Map of Ganges River also shows the River Yamuna on the ...

The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But ...