Soil erosion is particularly bad in the Himalayan foothills where most north Indian rivers rise.

ECONOMIST: From the archive

At the same time, the rapid melting of Himalayan glaciers promises to deprive the great rivers of the Indian sub-continent, the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra, of their summertime source.

ECONOMIST: India's water crisis

Once the transit agreement is finalised, then it will be cheaper for Indian traders to send goods by ship along Bangladeshi rivers up to the border and then take them by road to the north-eastern states.

BBC: Bangladesh shipbuilding goes for export growth

The state Department of Environmental Conservation lists 10 segments of waterways where state-licensed guides need whitewater certification to take clients, including parts of the Indian, Hudson, Raquette, Moose, Schroon, Boreas, Black and Salmon rivers and Cattaraugus Creek.

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Although the folks at Charles Rivers are among the brightest bulbs on the chandelier, I believe they missed the mark on Indian Point.

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