The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, ...
China has tried to reassure India over its plans for a mega dam in the Tibetan Plateau, which has prompted fears it will ...
Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu said that China’s construction of the world’s largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo ...
In the absence of a water-sharing treaty, we are in a vulnerable position, but a dam for a dam is not in our best interest ...
On Dec. 25, Beijing announced it would build a dam on Tibet’s longest river, which Beijing calls the Yarlung Zangbo.
It has been widely reported that China has approved the construction of the world’s largest hydropower dam in Tibet on the Yarlung Tsangpo river. When the river ...
The Medog dam will be built across the Yarlung Tsangpo River, known in India and Bangladesh as Brahmaputra. Nicknamed "the Everest of rivers", it has a unique combination of flow and gradient on ...
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When those dams collapse in a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF), there can be catastrophic ... When an ice avalanche blocked the flow of the Yarlung Tsangpo River in 2018, scientists were able to ...
China is the uppermost riparian nation with the river system originating in the TAR, where it is known as the Yarlung Zangbo (or Tsangpo ... Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) have increased ...