The vast Ganges-Brahmaputra river system is located close to an active plate boundary and is a tectonically active region. "This proximity brings frequent major earthquakes," said Till Hanebuth ...

The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But ...

For many Hindus, a visit to the holy city of Varanasi precedes their pilgrimage to the Kumbh Mela, a city located about 75 ... bathe in the waters of the Ganges River, followed by the millions ...

Another well known day trip is the Ramnagar fort, which is located on the other side of the Ganges river and contains a museum with royal treasures. All these days excursions give flexibility to ...

They are in Patna, which is located on the middle course of the river where the Ganges is over 4km wide. The Ganges is one of the world’s biggest rivers, and seven times the size of the river ...

Just days after suspending the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, some Indian politicians are now going after the Ganga Water Treaty, which is also set to expire next year ...

Frenchman Antony Colas returned to surf the Ganges River near Calcutta. The tidal bore, known as the Baan, provided some of the best river waves ever ridden. India's Ganges River has again ...

No fewer than 131 gharials, the critically endangered long-snouted crocodile native to the Northern Indian sub-continent, were recently re-introduced to the river Ganges at the Hastinapur Wildlife ...

The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But ...