watercourse crossings, have been built at or over the main canal....

1961, reaching 6.26 meters.... The gauging was done at the watercourse between Kinshasa, the capital

.... Moreover, conveyance losses in farmer-managed watercourses are high due to poor de-silting and

Birds covered and trying to clean themselves, the river still fully slick with chemicals.... Awful to see.” Ian Andrews posted on Twitter: “ The burn is still flowing, the Esk still smells of diesel and the wildlife continues to suffer.... One swan was uplifted and taken to our National Wildlife Rescue Centre to receive the care it needs.“ All other birds were cleaning themselves and seem alert....

Farmers have been blocked from spreading manure on their land above levels considered safe for rivers. Manures and slurries spread on land can be a major cause of river pollution when they run off into water courses, triggering algal blooms. Guidelines on spreading manures were relaxed by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs( Defra) in March in response to appeals from the farming industry. However, campaign groups said the relaxed regulations, which enabled higher loads of man

For decades, Pakistan has been seeking an agreement with Afghanistan on the Kabul River.... He added that Afghanistan has identified 12 more storage sites on the Kabul River and its tributaries, with a combined water storage capacity of 4.7 million acre feet( about 5.8 cubic kilometres).... Work has been at a standstill since the Taliban took over the government in Afghanistan later in 2021. This article was originally published on The Third Pole and has been reproduced with permission....

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday turned down the petition of a Chinese private company to allow the excavation of sand and gravel from the bed of the Kunhar River for the construction activities of the Suki Kinari hydropower project in Manshera district.A bench consisting of Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan and Justice Ijaz Anwar directed the petitioner, Jiuzhou Hengton Machinery Engineering Limited, to search for an alternate place for river bed mining and inform the Khyber Pakhtunk

This giant of a river is a staggering 1, 450 miles long.It passes through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and California in the USA as well as Baja California and Sonora in Mexico.... The longest river in the world, the Nile is estimated to be at least 30 million years old....

Many rivers in England contain a “ chemical cocktail ” of pollution which poses a risk to public health, according to a new parliamentary committee report. The Environmental Audit Committee( EAC) raised concerns over sewage, agricultural waste and single-use plastic in the country’s waterways, saying this could harm swimmers and wildlife.... It said England’s rivers were “ in a mess ” – and none had received a clean bill of health for chemical contamination.... The hydrology professor said she

Flood warnings are in place for a number of areas of the UK after parts of the country have been submerged by heavy rain this weekend.In Greater Manchester, streets have been flooded from Saturday( 5 February) after the River Mersey had burst its banks. The river had overflown near to Didsbury Golf Course, and in the town of Sale. Bolton reportedly recorded 31. 6mm of rain in the space of 24 hours from Saturday morning, according to Oldham Weather on Twitter – which said it was one of the top 10