The Ganges River is in bad shape. Sewage flows into the water that people use to cook, bathe, and perform burial rites. Cleanup efforts are behind schedule.

Peak water flows in parts of India's largest river basin have been falling by more than one-sixth every decade, according to ...

The Ganges River basin, according to Colorado State University fluvial geoscientist Ellen Wohl, supports a staggering 10 percent of the world's population.

A river delta is, by definition, a place in flux — coastal land naturally sinks, ... From the Mississippi to the Ganges, river deltas are in major trouble. August 6, 2015.

The race to save the river Ganges. Worshipped by a billion Hindus and a water source for 400 million, the government is battling to save “Mother Ganga”. January 18, 2019.

The Ganges river is one of the world’s most sacred waterways—and one of its most polluted. To restore it, India is undertaking one of the biggest engineering programs in the history of sanitation.

Ganges water was a beverage of choice in the 16th and 17th centuries for sailors making their way from India to the Netherlands or England. Water from the river simply didn’t go bad, even when ...

Cascading hazards of a major Bengal basin earthquake and abrupt avulsion of the Ganges River. Nature Communications. Published online June 17, 2024. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47786-4.

A new study suggests an earthquake of estimated magnitude 7.5 or 8 shook the Indian subcontinent 2,500 years ago, changing the course of the Ganges.

Ganges: Sacred River (1964) Posted: March 7, 2025 | Last updated: July 10, 2025. The film explores the significance of the Ganges River in shaping India's civilization, culture, and spirituality ...

India’s “Mother Ganges” Pristine waters soon become a distant memory as the 2,525 km-long Ganges snakes its way down to the densely populated plains of north India, eventually forming a huge ...