Download or read book Rand McNally Encyclopedia of World s Rivers written by Rand McNally Staff and published by . This book was released on 1980-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rand McNally Encyclopedia of World Rivers written by Rand McNally and Company and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 500,000 words of text and over 600 photographs and maps provide an illuminating survey of the most important rivers. They are arranged alphabetically by continent for easy reference.

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of World Rivers written by Rand McNally and Company and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of World Rivers written by Rand McNally and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rivers of the World written by James Penn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-12-12 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rivers of the World, vividly written and meticulously researched, is a rich and thorough treatment of some 200 of the world's rivers. In this comprehensive treatment of the major rivers of the world, author James R. Penn's purpose is not just to feature geographic data, but to tell a story of historical drama, poetic significance, and cultural relationships. The book shows glimpses of Chairman Mao boosting his image by swimming in the Yangtze; Indian middlemen residing on both sides of the Columbia River exacting tolls from travelers like Lewis and Clark; and, near the Dordogne in southwest France, Paleolithic cave art, paintings, and designs in rock shelters and subterranean caverns, which are textbook examples of early human creativity and artistic impulse. In nearly 200 entries ranging from a few paragraphs to several pages, Rivers of the World covers all of the great rivers of the world including the Nile, Niger, Amazon, and Mississippi, as well as smaller waterways that illustrate important themes or represent trends. The book includes bibliographies for each river.

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Download or read book Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability 4 10 written by Daniel E. Vasey and published by Berkshire Publishing Group. This book was released on 2011-12-08 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural Resources and Sustainability explores how human needs and desires, from sustenance and shelter to recreation and travel, have spurred the consumption of Earth's material resources. Scientists, ecologists, and other expert authors present the historical impact of commercial activities (in industries as varied as fisheries, agriculture, energy, and mineral extraction), discuss the global distribution and use of renewable and nonrenewable resources, and focus on innovative approaches for the future. Readers will learn why renewal doesn't necessarily put a resource beyond harm and why the no-free-lunch adage applies to all natural resources.

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Download or read book Rolling Rivers written by Richard A. Bartlett and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1984 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedia of America's rivers. Hundreds of years' of local history about the nation's rivers and streams.