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Home | Geography | Rivers and Flooding

World rivers

1: Rivers | World’s Most Extreme

1: Rivers | World’s Most Extreme

Geography | Channel 4 | 2022 | 46'58''

Exploring the world's most dangerous and inspirational waterways, from white-water rafters taking on undefeated rapids on the Congo Ri...

1: The Nile | Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve

1: The Nile | Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve

Geography | BBC Two | 2014 | 58'58''

Adventurer Simon Reeve travels from source to sea along the world's longest river, the Nile. His journey will take him from the ...

3: The Yangtze | Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve

3: The Yangtze | Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve

Geography | BBC Two | 2014 | 59'26''

Simon travels along the Yangtze, discovering a revival of religious faith in China. Starting his journey at the first bend in...

Baby Alligators in Atchafalaya Swamp | Earth’s Great Rivers

Baby Alligators in Atchafalaya Swamp | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 1'47''

Baby alligators - so small that they could easily become a meal for some here in the largest swamp in the U...

Building on the Atchafalaya | Earth’s Great Rivers

Building on the Atchafalaya | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 2'25''

The city of New Orleans was built on the Mississippi floodplain and is constantly fighting to hold the river back.

Crocodiles vs monitor lizard | Earth’s Great Rivers

Crocodiles vs monitor lizard | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2021 | 2'07''

A mother crocodile has buried her eggs in the sand, but their scent attracts in hungry mouths. Nile monitor lizards...

Disappearing Mississippi wetlands | Earth’s Great Rivers

Disappearing Mississippi wetlands | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 4'38''

The Mississippi wetlands are disappearing due to human interventions in the landscape.

Episode 1 | The Mekong River with Sue Perkins

Episode 1 | The Mekong River with Sue Perkins

Geography | BBC Two | 2014 | 58'56''

Sue Perkins embarks on a 3,000-mile journey up the Mekong, Southeast Asia's greatest river. She begins in Vietnam and continues...

Episode 2 | The Mekong River with Sue Perkins

Episode 2 | The Mekong River with Sue Perkins

Geography | BBC Two | 2014 | 58'59''

Sue Perkins continues her epic journey up the Mekong. In Cambodia, animal lover Sue is confronted by the most emotionally chall...

Episode 3 | The Mekong River with Sue Perkins

Episode 3 | The Mekong River with Sue Perkins

Geography | BBC Two | 2014 | 58'54''

Sue Perkins continues her journey up the Mekong, south east Asia's greatest river. She reaches Laos, one of the poorest and lea...

Episode 4 | The Mekong River with Sue Perkins

Episode 4 | The Mekong River with Sue Perkins

Geography | BBC Two | 2014 | 58'57''

Sue Perkins's journey up south east Asia's greatest river concludes as she reaches China. She travels through Yunnan province t...

Flooded forest | Earth’s Great Rivers

Flooded forest | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 4'24''

Wildlife thrives in the Amazon during the wet season.

Industrialised Mississippi river | Earth’s Great Rivers

Industrialised Mississippi river | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 4'44''

In the central stretch of the Mississippi, barges transport millions of tonnes of the nation's produce up and d...

Introduction to the Amazon river | Earth’s Great Rivers

Introduction to the Amazon river | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 2'33''

An introduction to the river Amazon, including it's source in Peruvian glaciers.

Introduction to the Mississippi river | Earth’s Great Rivers

Introduction to the Mississippi river | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 2'21''

An introduction to the Mississippi river, including it's source in the Rockies.

Le Rhone Sauvage: Part 1 | The Geography Programme

Le Rhone Sauvage: Part 1 | The Geography Programme

Geography | BBC Two | 1993 | 19'15''

Jonathan Raper journeys from the Camargue, the Rhone's delta, to it's source in the Swiss Alps.

Le Rhone Sauvage: Part 2 | The Geography Programme

Le Rhone Sauvage: Part 2 | The Geography Programme

Geography | BBC Two | 1993 | 19'17''

Jonathan Raper continues his journey to the source of the Rhone. Over the years the Rhone has more than lived up to it's w...

Mississippi floodplain | Earth’s Great Rivers

Mississippi floodplain | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 2'46''

In the last 1,000 miles of its journey, the Mississippi flows out into a vast natural floodplain.

S1E1: Amazon | Earth’s Great Rivers

S1E1: Amazon | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 58'58''

Documentary revealing the animals, landscapes and people of the greatest river on earth. From transparent lagoons to pink dolphins,...

S1E2: Nile | Earth’s Great Rivers

S1E2: Nile | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 59'00''

A look at the astonishing wildlife, landscapes and people of the Nile. From elephants and leopards to ancient wonders, its great leng...

S1E3: Mississippi | Earth’s Great Rivers

S1E3: Mississippi | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 59'07''

The surprising story of the Mississippi, a river that unites the USA. From frozen waterfalls to time-travelling barges, the Mi...

S2E1: Zambezi | Earth’s Great Rivers II

S2E1: Zambezi | Earth’s Great Rivers II

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2022 | 59'01''

From elephants and wildebeest to Victoria Falls, the largest curtain of water on earth. This is the story of the Zambezi, Afric...

S2E2: Danube | Earth’s Great Rivers II

S2E2: Danube | Earth’s Great Rivers II

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2022 | 59'01''

The extraordinary story of the Danube, the world's most international river. It reveals magical wonders, from crystal-clear wate...

S2E3: Yukon | Earth’s Great Rivers II

S2E3: Yukon | Earth’s Great Rivers II

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2022 | 58'58''

The Yukon is a river of wild extremes. Home to bears, moose and huge salmon, the riches of North America's frozen river have sust...

Saving the Mighty Mekong River | Our World

Saving the Mighty Mekong River | Our World

Geography | BBC News | 2023 | 22'30''

Laura Bicker is in Cambodia to ask if the mighty Mekong River can be saved and meets a new generation trying to breathe life into ...

The Amazon Basin | Earth’s Great Rivers

The Amazon Basin | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 4'14''

In the Amazon Basin the tributaries meet and the grow larger and stronger. The water is mixed with a variety of different sedim...

Thermal river | Earth’s Great Rivers

Thermal river | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 1'29''

An exploration of a thermal section of the Amazon and the indigenous peoples who live there.

Tropical wet season | Earth’s Great Rivers

Tropical wet season | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 3'31''

How the Amazon changes during the tropical wet season.

Underwater spring | Earth’s Great Rivers

Underwater spring | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 3'09''

An underwater spring introduces crystal clear water into the Amazon.

When the Amazon reaches the sea | Earth’s Great Rivers

When the Amazon reaches the sea | Earth’s Great Rivers

Ecosystems and Biomes | BBC Two | 2019 | 4'27''

The meeting of the Amazon and the Atlantic ocean produces an extraordinary ecosystem.

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