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A world of rivers : environmental change on ten of the world's great rivers / Ellen Wohl.

By: Publisher: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2010Description: viii, 359 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780226904788 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226904784 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s):
Contents:
A round river -- The Amazon : rivers of blushing dolphins -- Interlude -- The Ob : killing grandmother -- Interlude -- The Nile : lifeline in the desert -- Interlude -- The Danube : remnants of beauty -- Interlude -- The Ganges : eternally pure? -- Interlude -- The Mississippi : once and future river -- Interlude -- The Murray-Darling : stumbling in the waltz -- Interlude -- The Congo : river that swallows all rivers -- Interlude -- The Chang Jiang : bridling a dragon -- Interlude -- The Mackenzie : river on the brink -- An ebbing flow.
Summary: This book explores the confluence of human and environmental change on ten of the great rivers of the world.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Course reserves
Circulating textbook (3-week) Circulating textbook (3-week) NMC Library Circulating Textbooks WSI 105 1 Available 33039001177129

Intro to Freshwater Studies

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A round river -- The Amazon : rivers of blushing dolphins -- Interlude -- The Ob : killing grandmother -- Interlude -- The Nile : lifeline in the desert -- Interlude -- The Danube : remnants of beauty -- Interlude -- The Ganges : eternally pure? -- Interlude -- The Mississippi : once and future river -- Interlude -- The Murray-Darling : stumbling in the waltz -- Interlude -- The Congo : river that swallows all rivers -- Interlude -- The Chang Jiang : bridling a dragon -- Interlude -- The Mackenzie : river on the brink -- An ebbing flow.

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