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

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

Far from being the serene, natural streams of yore, modern rivers have been diverted, dammed, dumped in, and dried up, all in efforts to harness their power for human needs. But these rivers have also undergone environmental change. The old adage says you can't step in the same river twice, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wohl, Ellen E., 1962-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Rivers.
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Global environmental change.
Stream health.
Stream ecology.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of 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.

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