China’s Three Gorges Dam is the largest power station on the planet by installed capacity, spanning the Yangtze River in Hubei province with a wall of concrete more than a mile and a half wide. Its ...

China is in the process of building the world’s largest dam (the Motuo Hydropower Station) – a mammoth undertaking that is, perhaps unsurprisingly, causing much controversy amid its neighbours. Then ...

Daily peaking operations are expected to have little downstream effect: model studies show water-level fluctuation of only ...

Do you know the three great gorges of Japan?Kurobe Gorge in Toyama, Kiyotsu Gorge in Niigata, and Osugidani in Mie Prefecture.This trip begins at Kiyotsu Gorge in Niigata.However, while writing this ...

This research develops a 3D non-hydrostatic model to simulate complex free-surface flows, including wave propagation under various conditions. The model discretizes the full 3D Reynolds-averaged ...

Georgia's best-known fall destinations are popular for good reason. The mountain overlooks, waterfalls, lakes, and deep ...

Recently, a glacial collapse on the Tibetan Plateau sent a wall of water and debris roaring across the Nepal-China border. As of this publication, more than 1,000 people are confirmed dead and over 4, ...

China has unveiled a massive megaproject designed to serve as its very own answer to the Suez Canal - a colossal 83-mile (134km) artificial waterway built to transform global trade. The Pinglu Canal ...

Here are the legends behind seven structures or natural features found in Europe.

Excavation work was fully completed in the pilot section of the Three Gorges Dam's new waterway project on Wednesday, marking ...

The Brahmaputra is not just any river; it's a lifeline for millions in India's northeast region. The massive new dam is not the first dam to be built over the Brahmaputra. China has already built ...