These include the taming of river waters by colonial engineers like Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton, the transformation of Punjab, the frequent famines in various parts of South Asia, the building of the ...

They are an extension of the Greater Caucasus mountain belt, which also stretches along Russia's border with Georgia and Azerbaijan. The folded rocks sit at the intersection of Asia and Europe ...

As the tectonic plates that make up Earth's surface drift, mountain ranges such as the Himalayas in Asia and the Andes in ... erosion is the action of rivers, which can slice through bedrock ...

The Himalayas are home to some of the world's most magnificent peaks and largest glaciers, which supply crucial seasonal flows to rivers ... mountain photographers. The comparison starkly reveals the ...