Despite protests from locals, India is building a giant hydro dam on the Siang River to counter a Chinese dam.

Himalayan rivers were in place before the mountains were, and consequently, the river courses have remained unchanged while they have cut ever deeper gorges and valleys. These valleys have ...

A new study says Mount Everest is about 15 to 50m taller than it would otherwise be, thanks to erosion from a river network Mount Everest is 15-50m taller than it would otherwise be because a ...

Just as ties seemed to be on the mend, a US$137 billion hydropower behemoth on the Yarlung Tsangpo River threatens to muddy ...

A gigantic hydroelectric project is predicted to provide power for more than 300 million homes when it is completed - but it ...

River erosion at its base is helping push Mount Everest upwards, a new study says. Neil Laughton carried his bike up a peak in the Himalayas and rode it at the summit. Two disabled ex-servicemen ...

Dan Cotner summited a peak in the Himalayas in November – an accomplishment he said the Boise Climbers Alliance helped ...

The Brahmaputra is a transboundary Himalayan river basin spanning four riparian countries. China is the uppermost riparian nation with the river system originating in the TAR, where it is known as ...

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook parts of the Chinese province of Qinghai on Wednesday, with its epicentre located near the source of the Yellow River, the main natural ... quake in the foothills of ...