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Todd Balf
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Running through the southwest corner of Tibet, the Tsangpo River is the last and most dangerous uncharted whitewater passage. It is also a place of extraordinary beauty, coursing through snow capped mountain ranges and ripping through verdant jungle. It is no wonder that local legend has this place as the... more
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Alan Moorehead
[Paperback 2000]
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Relive all the thrills and adventure of Alan Moorehead's classic bestseller The White Nile -- the daring exploration of the Nile River in the second half of the 19th century, which was at that time the most mysterious and impenetrable region on Earth. Capturing in breathtaking prose the larger-than-life personalities... more
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John O Anfinson ,
J Anfinson
[Paperback 2005]
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The sweeping history of the upper Mississippi and how it's been changed by human intervention. The River We Have Wrought is a landmark history of the upper Mississippi, from early European exploration through the completion of a navigable channel and a system of locks and dams in the mid-twentieth century.... more
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Mark Lisk ,
Stephen Stuebner
[Hardcover 2004]
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Idaho's Salmon River flows through the largest primitive region in the lower 48 states - an area almost the size of the state of Ohio. Much of Salmon River Country is as primitive as it was 200 years ago when Lewis and Clark explored the river's headwaters. Today, however, the... more
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Melinda Jorge Gondim Lilly ,
Michael Goulding ,
M Goulding
[Hardcover 2003]
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The Amazon River flows more than 4,000 miles through the world's greatest rainforest, into the Amazon delta, and finally into the Atlantic Ocean. This extraordinary atlas is the first comprehensive view of not only the Amazon River but also its thirteen major tributaries. More than 150 color maps and nearly... more
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R Edward Grumbine
[Hardcover 2010]
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China's meteoric rise to economic powerhouse might be charted with dams. Every river in the country has been tapped to power exploding cities and factories--every river but one. Running through one of the richest natural areas in the world, the Nujiang's raging waters were on the verge of being dammed... more
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By
Robert O Collins
[Hardcover 2002]
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By
Robert G Wetzel
[Paperback 2006, 3rd Edition]
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Limnology is the study of the structural and functional interrelationships of organisms of inland waters as they are affected by their dynamic physical, chemical, and biotic environments. Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems, 3rd Edition, is a new edition of this established classic text. The coverage remains rigorous and uncompromising and... more
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Jozsef Szilagyi ,
Andras Szollosi Nagy ,
J Zsef Szilgyi
[Paperback 2010]
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Textbook and practical guide to real-time streamflow forecasting that provides a rigorous description of a coupled stochastic and physically-based flow routing method and its practical applications. This method is used in current times of record-breaking floods to forecast flood levels by various Hydrological Forecasting Services. By knowing in advance when,... more
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H G W Kingston
[Paperback 2007]
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Keith C Petersen
[Paperback 2001]
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Keith Petersen's award-winning history of the lower Snake River dams chronicles the bitter conflict between the Northwest's most potent symbols -- fish and dams. Taking a balanced approach to this contentious issue, Petersen deftly traces the deep histori... more
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John Lane
[Hardcover 2004]
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Before the novel and the film "Deliverance appeared in the early 1970s, any outsiders one met along the Chattooga River were likely serious canoeists or anglers. In later years, untold numbers and kinds of people have felt the draw of the river's torrents... more
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Benson J Lossing ,
Pete Seeger
[Paperback 2000]
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Joseph C Ives
[Hardcover 2001]
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Mildred Sullivan Schlachter
[Paperback 2009]
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A memorial: to the successful achievements of Hudson River Day Liners and to the people who sailed on board. "A very delightful history of the Hudson River Steamboats. A nice reminder of nice memories of all the boats. Also, it was a thrill to r... more
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Sandra Postel ,
Brian Richter ,
Nature Conservancy
[Paperback 2003]
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..."a clarion call to society for the need to balance human demands with the needs of our world's rivers, the arterial system of life on this planet. The authors describe the vanguard movement to restore rivers and to reconnect rivers with their flood pla... more
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Jim W Johnson
[Paperback 2007]
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Rivers under Siege is a wrenching firsthand account of how human interventions, often well intentioned, have wreaked havoc on West Tennessee's fragile wetlands. For more than a century, farmers and developers tried to tame the rivers as they became clogge... more
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Jake Rajs ,
Arthur G Adams
[Hardcover 2006]
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Celebrated as the American Rhine, the majestic Hudson River flows more than three hundred miles from its source high in the Adirondack Mountains to New York Harbor. Lining its banks are the marks of the four hundred years of history that have transpired s Experience first-hand the unparalleled year-round beauty... more
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By
Robert A Holland
[Hardcover 2008]
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In The Mississippi River in Maps & Views more than eighty glorious full-color maps dating from as early as 1544 celebrate "Ol' Man River," this profound artery at the heart of America, and the extraordinary cities that grew up on its shores, including New... more
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Insight Guides
[Paperback 2000, 2nd Edition]
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A travel series unlike any other, Insight Guides go beyond the sights and into reality. Their incomparable photojournalistic approach captures the uniqueness of each culture they cover: their traditions, their arts, their history, their lives. The stunnin... more
