You’ll find rivers all over the planet, but not all are considered iconic. Aside from aesthetics, they’ve played critical roles in irrigation, travel, and sustaining human and animal life. In ...

The biggest rivers in the U.S. are the lifeblood of the regions they flow through. They provide drinking water, irrigation for agricultural lands and a habitat where important ecosystems can thrive.

Our planet is home to thousands of amazing waterways. There are roughly 165 major rivers worldwide, which drain into vast river basins that cover nearly half of Earth's land. In India, the Ganges is ...