000			01490 a2200253 4500
008			100507s2010 ilua b 001 0 eng c
020			_a9780226904788 (cloth : alk. paper)
020			_a0226904784 (cloth : alk. paper)
040			_aCIFRI LIBRARY
082	0	0	_a551.48/3
100	1		_aWohl, Ellen E., _d1962-
245	1	2	_aA world of rivers : _benvironmental change on ten of the world's great rivers _cEllen Wohl.
260			_aChicago ; _aLondon : _bThe University of Chicago Press, _c2010.
300			_aviii, 359 p. : _bill., maps ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aA 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.
520			_aThis book explores the confluence of human and environmental change on ten of the great rivers of the world.
650		0	_aRivers.
650		0	_aNature _xEffect of human beings on.
650		0	_aGlobal environmental change.
650		0	_aStream health.
650		0	_aStream ecology.
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