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020			_a9780226904788 _qhbk. : alk. paper
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041			_aeng
082			_a551.483 _bWOH-W
100			_aWohl, Ellen _92345
245			_aWorld of rivers : _benvironmental change on ten of the world's great rivers / _cby Ellen Wohl
260			_aChicago : _bUniversity of Chicago press, _c2011.
300			_aviii, 359 p. : ill.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aContents : 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.
520			_aFar from being the serene, natural streams of yore, modern rivers have been diverted, dammed, dumped in, and dried up, all in efforts to harness their power for human needs. But these rivers have also undergone environmental change. The old adage says you can't step in the same river twice, and Ellen Wohl would agree--natural and synthetic change are so rapid on the world's great waterways that rivers are transforming and disappearing right before our eyes. A World of Rivers explores the confluence of human and environmental change on ten of the great rivers of the world. Ranging from the Murra.
650			_aPL _923826
650			_aNature _xEffect of human beings _923800
690			_aRivers _aEcology _923827
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