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Shapeshifting 'braided river' in Tibet is the highest in the world, and is becoming increasingly unstable — Earth from space

A 2025 satellite photo shows a particularly complex section of the Yarlung Zangbo River as it twists its way through the ...
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NASA Satellite Captures the World’s Highest River in Tibet Changing Its Shape Due to Climate Change

A satellite image taken by NASA captured one of the most tangled, or braided, sections of the Yarlung Zangbo River. This part ...
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New Study in Nature: Just One-Third of the World’s Longest Rivers Remain Free-Flowing

First ever global assessment of the location and extent of the planet’s remaining free-flowing rivers highlights severe degradation, and offers a method for tracking the status of free-flowing rivers ...

The Nile river explained

The Nile River in Africa is the longest river in the world and as such it brings so many interesting geography facts with it.
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China to build world’s largest hydroelectric project in Tibet, prompting fears of ‘water bombs’ and environmental destruction

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Yale e360. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. China has announced plans to build the world’s largest hydroelectric project ...