Where the water ends

BRAZILIAN LANDSCAPES ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR DRAMA, WITH THUNDERING WATERFALLS, RIPPLING SAND DUNES AND EVEN A GRAND CANYON ALL LYING WITHIN THE COUNTRY’S BORDERS

KNOWN AS ‘EUROPE’S RESERVOIR’, SWITZERLAND IS HOME TO MYRIAD LIQUID LANDSCAPES — FROM LIDOS AND ALPINE LAKES TO GLACIER-FED RIVERS AND WATERFALLS

EVERY RAINY SEASON, THE CRISTALINO RIVER IN THE SOUTH OF THE AMAZON BASIN BURSTS ITS BANKS, ENABLING TRAVELLERS TO KAYAK THROUGH A FLOODED FOREST.

I was two decades into a career as an air traffic controller, on a night shift at Gatwick airport, when I knew I couldn’t carry on. The aircraft movements had quietened right down into the early hours

THE NATURE CURE

Too much water or not enough seems to be the ‘new normal’ for water supply in the UK, says Michael Barker