The vast Ganges-Brahmaputra river system is located close to an active ... "Abrupt river avulsions could be caused by a major monsoon or cyclone flooding event, or the collapse of a major river ...

Every twelve years, tens of millions of men, women and children gather on the flood plain of the Ganges ... masse to bathe in the waters of the Ganges River, followed by the millions of pilgrims ...

The Ganges river in India is more than 2,500km long and has the most populated river basin in the world. Hundreds of millions of people and a huge range of wildlife rely on the river Ganges. But ...