Author : Warwick F. Vincent
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 39,50 MB
Release : 2008-09-11
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0199213887
This book provides an overview of the ecology of high latitude lakes, rivers and glacial environments in both the North and South polar regions. It describes each ecosystem type, the remarkable aquatic life that thrives in these extreme habitats, and the similarities and differences between Arctic and Antarctic waters.
Author : Louise Spilsbury
Publisher : Britannica Educational Publishing
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 24,37 MB
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1622752821
In this book, readers will learn about the importance of the Earth's natural sources of water, as well as their similarities and differences. Emphasis is also placed on the relationship between humans and these various water sources.
Author : Richard Beatty
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 19,56 MB
Release : 2010-09
Category : Freshwater animals
ISBN : 1432941763
Earth's fresh water--lakes, rivers, streams, and ponds--are teeming with plant and animal life. Find out about this delicately balanced ecosystem.
Author : Ellen Lawrence
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 24,71 MB
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1627241574
What happens to trash if it is thrown into a river? Where does garbage in a lake come from, and how can it harm animals that live there? Poisoned Rivers and Lakes introduces young readers to the issues of river and lake pollution due to the dumping of garbage, chemicals, and other things into our planet’s waterways. It also gives students plenty of ideas for ways that they can be part of the campaign to help keep our rivers and lakes clean and safe for the future. Filled with information perfectly suited to the abilities and interests of an early-elementary audience, this colorful, fact-filled volume includes grade-appropriate activities and experiments, critical-thinking questions, and fascinating fact boxes to keep the pace lively and interactive.
Author : Olli Varis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 41,16 MB
Release : 2008-03-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3540749284
Transboundary rivers and lakes are often the remaining new sources of water that can be developed for human uses. These water sources were not used in the past because of the many complexities involved. Written and edited by the world’s leading water and legal experts, this unique and authoritative book analyses the magnitudes of the transboundary water problems in different parts of the world. It also examines difficulties and constraints faced to resolve these problems.
Author : Bill Belleville
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 31,41 MB
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0820342246
First explored by naturalist William Bartram in the 1760s, the St. Johns River stretches 310 miles along Florida's east coast, making it the longest river in the state. The first "highway" through the once wild interior of Florida, the St. Johns may appear ordinary, but within its banks are some of the most fascinating natural phenomena and historic mysteries in the state. The river, no longer the commercial resource it once was, is now largely ignored by Florida's residents and visitors alike. In the first contemporary book about this American Heritage River, Bill Belleville describes his journey down the length of the St. Johns, kayaking, boating, hiking its riverbanks, diving its springs, and exploring its underwater caves. He rediscovers the natural Florida and establishes his connection with a place once loved for its untamed beauty. Belleville involves scientists, environmentalists, fishermen, cave divers, and folk historians in his journey, soliciting their companionship and their expertise. River of Lakes weaves together the biological, cultural, anthropological, archaeological, and ecological aspects of the St. Johns, capturing the essence of its remarkable history and intrinsic value as a natural wonder.
Author : Michael Fuller
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 45,52 MB
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1684170702
What drives literary change? Does literature merely follow shifts in a culture, or does it play a distinctive role in shaping emergent trends? Michael Fuller explores these questions while examining the changes in Chinese shipoetry from the late Northern Song dynasty (960–1127) to the end of the Southern Song (1127–1279), a period of profound social and cultural transformation. Shi poetry written in response to events was the dominant literary genre in Song dynasty China, serving as a central form through which literati explored meaning in their encounters with the world. By the late Northern Song, however, old models for meaning were proving inadequate, and Daoxue (Neo-Confucianism) provided an increasingly attractive new ground for understanding the self and the world. Drifting among Rivers and Lakes traces the intertwining of the practice of poetry, writings on poetics, and the debates about Daoxue that led to the cultural synthesis of the final years of the Southern Song and set the pattern for Chinese society for the next six centuries. Examining the writings of major poets and Confucian thinkers of the period, Fuller discovers the slow evolution of a complementarity between poetry and Daoxue in which neither discourse was self-sufficient.
Author : Ron Fisher
Publisher : American Society of Civil Engineers
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 21,42 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN :
A look at America's rivrs and lakes in words and pictures.
Author : Zhen-Gang Ji
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 27,41 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1118877152
The primary reference for the modeling of hydrodynamics and water quality in rivers, lake, estuaries, coastal waters, and wetlands This comprehensive text perfectly illustrates the principles, basic processes, mathematical descriptions, case studies, and practical applications associated with surface waters. It focuses on solving practical problems in rivers, lakes, estuaries, coastal waters, and wetlands. Most of the theories and technical approaches presented within have been implemented in mathematical models and applied to solve practical problems. Throughout the book, case studies are presented to demonstrate how the basic theories and technical approaches are implemented into models, and how these models are applied to solve practical environmental/water resources problems. This new edition of Hydrodynamics and Water Quality: Modeling Rivers, Lakes, and Estuaries has been updated with more than 40% new information. It features several new chapters, including one devoted to shallow water processes in wetlands as well as another focused on extreme value theory and environmental risk analysis. It is also supplemented with a new website that provides files needed for sample applications, such as source codes, executable codes, input files, output files, model manuals, reports, technical notes, and utility programs. This new edition of the book: Includes more than 120 new/updated figures and 450 references Covers state-of-the-art hydrodynamics, sediment transport, toxics fate and transport, and water quality in surface waters Provides essential and updated information on mathematical models Focuses on how to solve practical problems in surface waters—presenting basic theories and technical approaches so that mathematical models can be understood and applied to simulate processes in surface waters Hailed as “a great addition to any university library” by the Journal of the American Water Resources Association (July 2009), Hydrodynamics and Water Quality, Second Edition is an essential reference for practicing engineers, scientists, and water resource managers worldwide.
Author : George D. Ashton
Publisher : Water Resources Publication
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 29,48 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780918334596
