Wohl, Ellen E., 1962-

A world of rivers : environmental change on ten of the world's great rivers / Ellen Wohl. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2010. - viii, 359 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

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.

9780226904788 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226904784 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Rivers.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Global environmental change.
Stream health.
Stream ecology.


Murray-Darling basin (Australia)
Amazon river.
Mississippi river.
Mackenzie River (N.W.T.)

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