Wohl, Ellen E.,  1962- <br/><br/>
A world of rivers :  environmental change on ten of the world's great rivers / 
 Environmental change on ten of the world's great rivers 
Ellen Wohl. 
 - Chicago :  University of Chicago Press,  2011. 
 - viii, 359 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-354) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> This book explores the confluence of human and environmental change on ten of the great rivers of the world. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226904788 0226904784 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010019713 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Rivers--Environmental aspects.<br/>Global environmental change.<br/>Stream health.<br/>Stream ecology.<br/>Global environmental change.<br/>Rivers--Environmental aspects.<br/>Stream ecology.<br/>Stream health.<br/>Floder.<br/>Människans påverkan på naturen.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GB1205  / .W64 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>551.48/3 
<br/><br/><label>National Agricultural Library Call No.: </label>GB1205  / .W64 2011