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The Mekong river, which supports the livelihoods of about 60 million people in Southeast Asia, is at record-low water levels. China has built four of its planned eight hydroelectric dams on the upper Mekong. (2:44 min)

Twenty-five hundred years before Rome, ancient Egyptian temples, fortresses, pyramids and palaces forever redefined the limits of architectural possibility. (100 min, 11 segments)

This film traces the great river Ganges through North India and explores the colourful natural history of the Gangetic Plains. (48 min, 5 segments)

The river Ganges is the lifeblood of the Indian subcontinent but it’s future is under threat. A UN climate report indicates that the Himalayan glaciers, which feed the Ganges, may disappear in 20 years. (2:50 min)

PBS documentary about China’s Three Gorges Dam where two million Chinese are displaced during this construction on the Yangtze River. (46 min)

In early June, as the annual rainy season commences, the Mekong River does an amazing thing in Cambodia to provide food and create fertile ground for agriculture. (44 min)

A BBC visual feast of a journey in HD tracing the Ganges as it descends, cascades, flows into the sea, giving an abundance of life as it passes. (48 min, 5 segments)