India's Narmada River uniquely flows west towards the Arabian Sea, defying the common eastward pattern. Originating in Amarkantak, its westward journey is shaped by a rift valley, making it ...

Archaeologists work at a site atop Fones Cliffs, a stretch of bluffs on Virginia’s Rappahannock River. The property was likely home to an 18th-century Rappahannock man called Indian Peter.(Courtesy ...

The Mithi river flowing through India’s financial capital under the country’s richest civic body became a national symbol of urban vulnerability after the devastating floods that claimed over 1,000 ...

India’s river systems usually follow a familiar pattern. Most large rivers rise in the Himalayas or central highlands and travel east towards the Bay of Bengal. This broad rule is taught early in ...