Mawlynnong, in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills, is known as the “cleanest village in Asia.” It practices eco-friendly living with bamboo dustbins, compost pits and community cleanliness drives. The village also promotes tourism through homestays, living root bridges and cultural hospitality. Class ...
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The Brahmaputra increases in size during summer because melting snow from the Himalayas adds large volumes of water to it. Unlike rivers that dry up, the Brahmaputra swells and floods lowlands, carrying sediment and supporting agriculture and biodiversity in the ...
When rivers split into multiple streams near the coast, it’s called forming a delta. These branches are called distributaries. Deltas are common on India’s east coast where rivers like the Ganga, Godavari and Krishna deposit sediment before entering the Bay ...