Is there any cataract on the Ganges River?

Pollution has turned the sacred waters into a lethal cocktail of industrial and human waste. Can the river be saved? read more

India’s Ganges River is one of the most revered in the world; it is also one of the most polluted. Stretching some 1,500 miles from its origins in the Himalayas to its mouth in the Bay of Bengal, the river is worshiped by many Hindus and is a water source for an estimated 400 million people. read more

The Cataracts of the Nile are shallow lengths of the Nile River, between Aswan and Khartoum, where the surface of the water is broken by many small boulders and stones jutting out of the river bed, as well as many rocky islets. In some places, these stretches are punctuated by whitewater, while at others the water flow is smoother, but still shallow. read more