This rationing of water has had a knock-on effect on the local wildlife too. The basin was once the largest area of wetland west of the Mississippi River, but is now confined to just six National ...

Shortly after sunrise on Saturday, Aug. 17, staff from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Klamath Drainage District, and ...

The Amur (Heilong) river basin of north-east Asia, home of the critically endangered Amur leopard, the endangered Amur tiger and a tremendous wealth of biodiversity, is under increasing pressures from ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login Islam, Power, and Dependency in the Gambia River Basin draws on new sources to offer an original approach to the study of land in African ...

Shooting up from the rainforest canopy, the moabi’s parasol-like crown stands out clearly in the Congo River Basin forest landscape. This tree is restricted to areas of primary evergreen and old ...

Dams are a big issue too. More than 50,000 dams have been built in the Yangtze basin since 1950, and more are planned. Dams divert and disrupt the natural flows of the river, which affects wildlife ...

Morgan captured this image to highlight the ongoing water crisis in the Klamath Basin, spanning California and Oregon ... Wells ran dry, as did the nearby Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge - a ...

Many of the world's large rivers have been modified to support food security, hydropower production, navigation and trade.

The Tisza River flows for 966 km – including 61km in Romania - and drains a river basin of 157,220 km 2 ... drastically affect aquatic wildlife and drinking water. Moreover, since 1990 the entire ...

Biologists at the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex ... in Upper Klamath Lake as well as down the Klamath River. That means the wildlife refuge complex is routinely denied the ...

The Amazon Rainforest’s main rivers are drying out due to an unprecedented drought exacerbated by climate change. Levels have ...

Learn about physical characteristics of the Colorado River basin, including climate, rock type, soils, vegetation and river flow. Need for water management Water management is needed on the ...