Book Description
An encyclopedia of America's rivers. Hundreds of years' of local history about the nation's rivers and streams.
Author : Richard A. Bartlett
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 43,41 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Nature
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An encyclopedia of America's rivers. Hundreds of years' of local history about the nation's rivers and streams.
Author : James Penn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 35,16 MB
Release : 2001-12-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1576075796
Rivers of the World, vividly written and meticulously researched, is a rich and thorough treatment of some 200 of the world's rivers. In this comprehensive treatment of the major rivers of the world, author James R. Penn's purpose is not just to feature geographic data, but to tell a story of historical drama, poetic significance, and cultural relationships. The book shows glimpses of Chairman Mao boosting his image by swimming in the Yangtze; Indian middlemen residing on both sides of the Columbia River exacting tolls from travelers like Lewis and Clark; and, near the Dordogne in southwest France, Paleolithic cave art, paintings, and designs in rock shelters and subterranean caverns, which are textbook examples of early human creativity and artistic impulse. In nearly 200 entries ranging from a few paragraphs to several pages, Rivers of the World covers all of the great rivers of the world including the Nile, Niger, Amazon, and Mississippi, as well as smaller waterways that illustrate important themes or represent trends. The book includes bibliographies for each river.
Author : New Zealand Geological Survey
Publisher :
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 32,71 MB
Release : 1871
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Author : Geological Survey of Canada
Publisher :
Page : 826 pages
File Size : 20,60 MB
Release : 1893
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Author : Michael Collier
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 48,93 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Chattahoochee River
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Outlines the role of science in restoring or otherwise altering unwanted downstream effects of dams, including eroding river banks, changes in waterfowl habitat, threats to safe recreational use, and the loss of river sand bars, examining seven selected areas of the country -- the upper Salt River in central Arizona; the Snake River in Idaho, Oregon and Washington; the Rio Grande in New Mexico and Texas; the Chattahoochee River in Georgia; the Platte River in Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska; the Green River in Utah; and the Colorado River in Arizona -- to focus on specific downstream effects of dams and the management issues related to their operation.
Author : New Zealand Geological Survey
Publisher :
Page : 904 pages
File Size : 41,87 MB
Release : 1877
Category : Geology
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Publisher :
Page : 1236 pages
File Size : 20,24 MB
Release : 1894
Category : Canada
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"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.
Author : Carl John Bostelmann
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 24,97 MB
Release : 1928
Category : American poetry
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Author : Canada. Water resources division
Publisher :
Page : 1028 pages
File Size : 26,94 MB
Release : 1916
Category : Water-supply
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Author : Geological Survey of Canada
Publisher :
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 47,31 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Geology
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