Alongside sustainable solutions to ward off river erosion, early warning systems to complement existing monitoring methods will be of utmost importance. Last year the World Bank approved a $102 ...

A team has developed a more accurate formula to calculate how much sediment a fluid can push across a granular bed, which could help engineers manage river restoration and coastal erosion. The key ...

Erosion close erosionThis takes places when parts of the river bank or river bed are worn away and are removed from the landscape.

The Amazon river is the largest drainage system in the world in terms of water volume and its drainage basin. The 6,400 kilometer (4,000 mile) river flows from the Andes Mountains of Peru ...

Four years ago, summer floods in Limburg—in the south of the Netherlands—drastically altered the riverbed of the Meuse, ...

Slowing erosion along stream banks is the priority for landowners and others who want a cleaner, healthier Illinois River, planners for the watershed agree.

The goal of the flood management project was to enhance river flow and prevent bank erosion that would have had a direct impact on the individual's private property.

In Arizona's Santa Cruz River, where effluent has restored the flow more than 100 years after the river dried up, the researchers discovered over a two year period that large invertebrates ...

Friends of the Wekiva River urge people to consider their use of water, to help preserve the beloved river and springs.

SILOAM SPRINGS -- Twenty acres of Northwest Arkansas erodes into the Illinois River and its tributaries every year, people attending a conference on preserving the river's watershed learned Tuesday.

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Erosion involves the wearing away of rock and soil found along the river bed and banks. Erosion close erosionThis ...

The Amazon River Flows Backwards, What Reversed The Flow? A student geologist was investigating the flow of river sediment, when he noticed something really weird.