As a result of the World Bank brokered Indus Water Treaty of 1960, we have two dead rivers (Ravi and Sutlej). We built two large dams and link canals to divert water from western rivers to Ravi ...

The Panama Canal is one of the most important waterways in the world, with about 7% of global trade passing through. It also ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a vast network of canals underneath the world’s oldest city in Mesopotamia, shedding more light on the rise of farming in the region. Researchers, led by ...

This incredible natural waterway was one of the few sea routes between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans before the construction of the Panama Canal.

Researchers mapped over 4,000 canals in the Mesopotamian region around Eridu, history’s first city. The research team found that the canals irrigated more than 700 farms in the region ...

The irrigation network consists of over 200 primary canals, some of which stretch ... While the discovery confirms the irrigation network's importance, researchers now face the challenge of ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a vast network of canals underneath the world’s oldest city in Mesopotamia ... has never been ...