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

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