Nerodimka River Bifurcation
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 28, 2024
The Nerodimka river in the Nerodime region of Kosovo is the only river in Europe that drains into two different seas, a phenomenon known as ...
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Danube Sinkhole: Where a River Vanishes
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 2, 2023
The European river system is complex and extensive. Two of its main rivers, the Rhine and the Danube, despite not having their sources relat...
The Shortest Rivers in The World
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 21, 2020
Most people imagine rivers to be long meandering waterways flowing down faraway mountains, through the valleys and the plains until it reach...
Betsiboka: Madagascar’s Red River
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 19, 2018
This image of the Betsiboka River’s estuary in northwest Madagascar provides tantalizing evidence of catastrophic erosion that has been pla...
The Underground Rivers of London
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 6, 2018
Where London is situated today was once the floodplains of the river Thames, surrounded by gently rolling hills and valleys carved by the ri...
River Farset: Belfast’s Forgotten River
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 21, 2018
The city of Belfast in Northern Ireland looked very different when it was a thriving industrial city in the 18th century. A large river flow...
The Great Raft of The Red River
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 20, 2018
Before the arrival of the Europeans, “log jams” formed by the accumulation of fallen trees and driftwood on rivers and streams were a common...
Río de la Plata: The Widest River You’ve Never Heard Of
Kaushik Patowary
May 10, 2017
On the southeast coast of South America, between Uruguay and Argentina, there is a tapering intrusion of the Atlantic Ocean. The funnel-shap...
The Stunning Beauty of Braided Rivers
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 26, 2016
Most rivers flow in one broad channel of water, but some rivers split into lots of small channels that continually split and join each other...
The Boiling River of Mayantuyacu, Peru
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 20, 2016
Deep in the Amazon rainforest, in Mayantuyacu, Peru, flows a river so hot its water actually boils. The locals call it “Shanay-timpishka” wh...
Rio Celeste, The Blue River
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 28, 2016
Winding through the verdant rainforest of Tenorio Volcano National Park of Costa Rica, is a bright blue river called Rio Celeste. The river ...
The Mississippi River Basin Model
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 10, 2015
After decades of devastating flood in the Mississippi River Basin, Congress passed the Flood Control Act of 1928 which called for immediate ...
Encontro das Aguas - The Meeting of Waters
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 4, 2015
About 10 kilometers from the inland city of Manaus in northern Brazil, the black Rio Negro river, which flows through the city, meet the san...
The Humble Sources of 10 Major Rivers
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 18, 2015
The source or headwaters of a river, defined as the furthest place in that river from its estuary or confluence with another river, is an el...
Reversing Falls of Saint John
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 31, 2014
The Reversing Falls are a series of rapids on the Saint John River located just west of downtown of Saint John, in New Brunswick, in Canada....
Wagrowiec Bifurcation: A Unique Hydrological Phenomenon
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 26, 2014
On the outskirts of the Polish town of Wagrowiec, two rivers Welna and Nielba intersect at right angle, and almost impossibly, both rivers r...
Tidal Bore: When Rivers Flow Against The Current
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 22, 2014
A tidal bore is a rare natural phenomenon in which an incoming tide creates a wave of water that travels up along a river or a narrow bay ca...
Rapa River Delta, Sweden
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 10, 2013
The Rapa River (also called Rapaätno) flows through the Sarek National Park, winding through magnificent mountain ranges and narrow valleys,...
Soca River – The Emerald Beauty
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 4, 2013
The Soča is a 136 km long river that flows through western Slovenia and northeastern Italy in one of the most beautiful and unspoiled valley...
Scale Model of the Mississippi River on Mud Island
Kaushik Patowary
May 22, 2013
Mud Island is not actually an island, it is a small peninsula, in downtown Memphis on the Mississippi River. But it did rose out of mud. Wha...
