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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788499903321

Autore

Wohl Ellen E. <1962->

Titolo

Wide rivers crossed [[electronic resource] ] : the South Platte and the Illinois of the American prairie / / Ellen Wohl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, 2013

ISBN

1-4571-8128-2

1-60732-231-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Disciplina

917.73/509693

Soggetti

Streamflow - South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)

Streamflow - Illinois - Illinois River

Water use - South Platte River Watershed (Colo. and Neb.)

Water use - Illinois - Illinois River

Natural history - South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)

Natural history - Illinois - Illinois River

South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.) Environmental conditions

Illinois River (Ill.) Environmental conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Streams of the shortgrass prairie : the South Platte River basin -- At the headwaters -- Onto the plains -- River metamorphosis -- What the future holds -- Streams of the tallgrass prairie : the Illinois River basin -- Natural history of the Illinois River -- Native Americans and the first European settlers -- Twentieth-century river metamorphosis -- What the future holds.