The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau occupies an enormous area of Asia and is known as the Roof of the World, owing to an average ...

How much sediment does a river carry? Where does it all go? What happens along the way? How have human actions modified the way rivers work? Can rivers be restored after adverse affects from human ...

“In the U.S., compared to our global competitors, we have higher input costs and higher ... the Corps do with all the sediment pulled from the bottom of the river? The dirt will be used as ...

over a distance of 1,100 kilometres -- from the mouth of the Congo River through the Congo deep-sea fan and canyon system. These are the longest-runout sediment flows ever recorded. The flows also ...