Today, there are over 30,000 dams in the world. Most of them are created according to standard projects and are designed to ...

Lake Kariba lies between Zambia and Zimbabwe in southern Africa and is the world's largest man-made reservoir by volume - but it has recently been hit by severe droughts.

He says years of delays and numerous changes of partners are "normal" for a major infrastructure project like the Inga Dam. He points to the UK's Mersey Tidal Project - which if successful would be ...

The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, which could affect nearby countries. By Tiffany May Isabelle Qian and ...

China has approved the construction of what will become the world’s largest hydropower dam in Tibet. Located in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river, it could generate three times more ...

With an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,760 kilometers), our planet Earth is the biggest of the terrestrial planets and the fifth largest planet in our solar system. It is the only planet in the ...

The deputy leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha demanded that water-sharing and management be a key component of India's ...

In Parliament, Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi raised concerns about China's plan to build the world's largest dam on the ...

Chinese hydroelectric power plans in Tibet threaten to destabilize the Himalayan region’s ecology and politics.

Located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, it would have twice the power generation of China's Three Gorges and, therefore, be the world's largest hydroelectric plant. The Grand Inga Dam enticed ...