The analyses show that the channel slope and sediment availability vary from the headwater glaciated region to the trunk river. These factors, along with connectivity, determine the nature of the hazards associated with the flash flood. The upper reaches have considerable sediment availability, but ...
Sewage water is becoming a key source of heavy metal toxicity in large river systems worldwide and the two major Himalayan Rivers in India (Ganga and Yamuna) are severely affected. The high population density in the river banks combined with increased anthropogenic and industrial activities is cont...
Mahaweli Ganga, (Sinhalese: “Great Sandy River”), river, central and eastern Sri Lanka. At 208 miles (335 km) in length, it is Sri Lanka’s longest river. It rises on the Hatton Plateau on the western side of the island’s hill country, flows north through a tea- and rubber-...