LEADER 04298nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910785334803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-90214-8 010 $a9786612902147 010 $a0-226-90480-6 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226904801 035 $a(CKB)2670000000059645 035 $a(EBL)616063 035 $a(OCoLC)690177774 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000431449 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11282419 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431449 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10474674 035 $a(PQKB)11781483 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC616063 035 $a(DE-B1597)524807 035 $a(OCoLC)1013183597 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226904801 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL616063 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10431308 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL290214 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000059645 100 $a20100507d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA world of rivers$b[electronic resource] $eenvironmental change on ten of the world's great rivers /$fEllen Wohl 210 $aChicago ;$aLondon $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (368 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-00760-X 311 $a0-226-90478-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$t1. A Round River --$t2. The Amazon: Rivers of Blushing Dolphins --$t3. The Ob: Killing Grandmother --$t4. The Nile: Lifeline in the Desert --$t5. The Danube: Remnants of Beauty --$t6. The Ganges: Eternally Pure? --$t7. The Mississippi: Once and Future River --$t8. The Murray-Darling: Stumbling in the Waltz --$t9. The Congo: River That Swallows All Rivers --$t10. The Chang Jiang: Bridling a Dragon --$t11. The Mackenzie: River on the Brink --$t12. An Ebbing Flow --$tSelected Bibliographic Sources --$tIndex 330 $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 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. 606 $aRivers 606 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on 606 $aGlobal environmental change 606 $aStream health 606 $aStream ecology 610 $ariver, water use, environment, environmentalism, nature, science, conservation, preservation, dams, diversion, waterways, mississippi, murray-darling, united states, danube, europe, china, australia, pollution, ganges, india, ob, siberia, biodiversity, habitat, restoration, ecosystem, nonfiction, environmental change, stream, health, ecology, amazon, nile, congo, chang jiang, mackenzie. 615 0$aRivers. 615 0$aNature$xEffect of human beings on. 615 0$aGlobal environmental change. 615 0$aStream health. 615 0$aStream ecology. 676 $a551.48/3 700 $aWohl$b Ellen E.$f1962-$0865768 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785334803321 996 $aA world of rivers$93758962 997 $aUNINA