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

By: Publication details: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2010.Description: viii, 359 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780226904788 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0226904784 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 551.48/3 22
LOC classification:
  • GB1205 .W64 2010
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.

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.

This book explores the confluence of human and environmental change on ten of the great rivers of the world.

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