As rivers flow towards the sea, they impact the landscape through which they pass. Firstly, they cause erosion of both the riverbed and its banks, dislodging stones and other material. Secondly, they ...

Researcher uncovers why most of the records left by ancient rivers preserve commonplace processes. The Torridon sandstone in northwestern Scotland preserves six kilometers of river sediment from ...

At 4,130 miles (6,650 km) long, the Nile in Africa is the longest river in the world. Some people consider the Amazon in South America to be longer. This is because the many hundreds of channels that ...