Rivers of North America
Rivers of North America

Author: Michael D. Delong

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2023-04-20

Total Pages: 1109

ISBN-13: 0128188480

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Rivers of North America, Second Edition features new updates on rivers included in the first edition, as well as brand new information on additional rivers. This new edition expands the knowledge base, providing readers with a broader comparative approach to understand both the common and distinct attributes of river networks. The first edition addressed the three primary disciplines of river science: hydrology, geomorphology, and ecology. This new edition expands upon the interactive nature of these disciplines, showing how they define the organization of a riverine landscape and its processes. An essential resource for river scientists working in ecology, hydrology, and geomorphology. Provides a single source of information on North America’s major rivers Features authoritative information on more than 200 rivers from regional specialists Includes full-color photographs and topographical maps to illustrate the beauty, major features, and uniqueness of each river system Offers one-page summaries help readers quickly find key statistics and make comparisons among rivers

Rivers Run Through Us
Rivers Run Through Us

Author: Eric B. Taylor

Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd

Published: 2021-10

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 177160512X

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An engaging, informative, and personal exploration of some of the great rivers of North America. The physical nature of rivers has influenced the course of human history and development, whether it be in the prosecution of major conflicts (US Civil War), patterns of development and social change (dams on the Columbia River), the economy (gold rushes, agricultural development), or international relations (US and Mexico and the Colorado River). The centrality of human-river interactions has had great impacts on the biodiversity of rivers (salmon and other threatened species) that have been the focus of historical and current intense conflicts of values (e.g., water in the Sacramento-San Joaquin system and California "water wars" in general). Of the thousands of rivers in North America, 10 are profiled in Rivers Run Through Us: Mackenzie River Yukon River Fraser River Columbia River Sacramento-San Joaquin River Colorado River Rio Grande/Rio Bravo River Mississippi River Hudson River St. Lawrence River In this engaging new work, Eric Taylor takes readers on a grand tour of 10 of North America's more important river systems, exploring one fundamental issue for each that illustrates the critical role each particular stream has had -- and will have -- in the human development of North America.

Great Rivers of the World
Great Rivers of the World

Author: Volker Mehnert

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2021-03-23

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 3791374702

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Spend hours navigating the world's great rivers in this vibrant, fact-filled book for kids that blends geography, history, and culture. Where in the Rhein does the Nibelung Treasure lie? What river helps mark the prime meridian? Why do people make pilgrimages to the Indian city of Benares? Why is the Mekong called the "Nine Dragon" river in Vietnam? How does the Mississippi divide and unite the United States? These and hundreds of other facts are explored in this wonderfully illustrated atlas of the world's great rivers. Each spread in this book, which includes a goregeous gatefold page, offers a colorful map packed with drawings, figures, and facts. Cities that border the rivers are highlighted, as are distinct flora and fauna, significant natural and human-made features, and fascinating historical details. A "biography" of each river describes where it flows, and its importance to the communities it passes through. Special attention is given to the ecological health of the rivers--those that are thriving and those in danger of losing their valuable habitats. Along the way, young readers will come to understand the enormous impact that rivers have on our lives, while learning valuable information in a way that will spark their curiosity and imagination.

Rivers of America
Rivers of America

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2006-09

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13:

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Photographer Tim Palmer presents hundreds of images of the U.S.'s rivers and discusses their protection and the life within them.

Great U.S. Rivers
Great U.S. Rivers

Author: Kaily Benker

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2013-08-01

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 1477725628

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Great U.S. Rivers is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.9 and Literacy.L.3.1g. Readers learn about the major rivers of the United States in this book with full-page color photographs and maps and narrative nonfiction text. This book should be paired with “Rivers of the United States" (9781477726266) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.

River Basins of the American West
River Basins of the American West

Author: Char Miller

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780870715747

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"Examining water issues through the lens of major Western U.S. watersheds, River Basins of the American West explores why water has been, and remains, the West's most essential and controversial subject." "Char Miller has organized writings collected from the pages of High Country News, the voice of Western environmental issues, into sections defined by the great watersheds of the West. Arguably, these drainage systems form the real boundaries of the West, and current water conflicts have their roots in development that ignored this reality." "Contributors to this book - among them activists, scholars, scientists, and some of the nation's finest environmental journalists - probe the intense differences and disagreements over water rights across the West, and present the positive developments toward a lasting solution to the most fraught issue the West faces." --Book Jacket.

A World of Rivers
A World of Rivers

Author: Ellen Wohl

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2010-11-15

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 0226904806

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Far 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 Murray-Darling in Australia and the Yellow River in China to Central Europe’s Danube and the United States’ Mississippi, the book journeys down the most important rivers in all corners of the globe. Wohl shows us how pollution, such as in the Ganges and in the Ob of Siberia, has affected biodiversity in the water. But rivers are also resilient, and Wohl stresses the importance of conservation and restoration to help reverse the effects of human carelessness and hubris. What all these diverse rivers share is a critical role in shaping surrounding landscapes and biological communities, and Wohl’s book ultimately makes a strong case for the need to steward positive change in the world’s great rivers.

Rivers of the United States
Rivers of the United States

Author: Farhanna Smith

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2013-08-01

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 1477726659

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Rivers of the United States is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.9 and Literacy.L.3.2f. Full-page color photographs and maps along with narrative nonfiction text teach readers about the major rivers of the United States. A graphic organizer is included. This book should be paired with “Great U.S. Rivers" (9781477725627) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.

Great Rivers History
Great Rivers History

Author: Environmental and Water Resources Institute (U.S.)

Publisher: Amer Society of Civil Engineers

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 9780784410325

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This volume contains 18 papers presented at the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress and Great Rivers History Symposium held in Kansas City, Missouri, from May 17 to 21, 2009. Great Rivers History focuses on the great rivers of the world and the engineering challenges of balancing the urgency for development and growth with the environmental need for a sustainable future. This seminal collection offers a fascinating history of: · the Paris sewer system · the Turtle Creek Reservoir · the Missouri River channel project · Columbia River exploration and mapping · major U.S. dam failures · Darcy s Law This publication will be valuable to practitioners, professors, and students interested in environmental and water resources engineering history.