A world of rivers environmental change on ten of the world's great rivers
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 rive...
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Sprache: | eng |
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Chicago u.a.
The University of Chicago Press
2011
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Zusammenfassung: | 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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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Beschreibung: | VIII, 359 S Ill., graph. Darst., Kt |
ISBN: | 9780226904788 978-0-226-90478-8 0226904784 0-226-90478-4 |