A world of rivers: environmental change on ten of the world's great rivers Ellen Wohl.
Publication details: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2010Description: viii, 359 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9780226007601Subject(s): Rivers | Nature -- Effect of human beings on | Global environmental change | Stream health | Stream ecologyDDC classification: 551.483 LOC classification: GB1205 | .W64 2010| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Nalanda University Ecology and Environment | School of Ecology and Environment Studies | 551.483 W823 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 009158 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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