Rivers category: 174 books
Running Silver
Restoring Atlantic Rivers and Their Great Fish Migrations
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
That one could “walk drishod on the backs” of schools of salmon, shad, and other fishes moving up Atlantic coast rivers was a not uncommon kind of description of their migratory runs during early Colonial times. Accounts tell of awe-inspiring numbers of spawners pushing their way upriver, the...
Lifelines
The Case For River Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
"In Lifelines, Tim Palmer addresses the fate of our waterways. While proposals for gigantic federal dams are no longer common, and some of the worst pollution has been brought under control, myriad other concerns have appeared -- many of them more subtle and complex than the threats of the past.Palmer...
Mythical River
Chasing the Mirage of New Water in the American Southwest
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
In a lyrical mix of natural science, history, and memoir, Melissa L. Sevigny ponders what it means to make a home in the American Southwest at a time when its most essential resource, water, is overexploited and undervalued. Mythical River takes the reader on a historical sojourn into the story of...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Northeast India, apart from being the rainiest in India, is drained by two large river systems of the world – the Brahmaputra and the Barak (Meghna) – both transnational rivers cutting across bordering countries. The region, known for its rich water resources, has been witnessing an increasing...
My Paddle to the Sea
Eleven Days on the River of the Carolinas
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Three months after a family vacation in Costa Rica ends in tragedy when two fellow rafters die on the flooded Rio Reventazón, John Lane sets out with friends from his own backyard in upcountry South Carolina to calm his nerves and to paddle to the sea.
Like Huck Finn, Lane sees a river journey...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
This study was conducted by the Asian Development Bank to assess the impact of projects involving the construction of dams on aquatic biodiversity in Nepal. The findings may not be authoritative, but conclusions suggest that fish populations and the diversity of species are a ected due to alterations in the ecosystem and blockage in life cycle movements.
From Toilets to Rivers
Experiences, New Opportunities, and Innovative Solutions: Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
This publication showcases a compilation of project briefs culled from case studies of good practices, new approaches, and working models on sanitation and wastewater management from different countries.The project briefs demonstrate solution options from which useful lessons can be derived. Not only...
Things That Flow
Humor, Poetry, and Essays About Rivers and Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Author K. S. Lubinski takes a lot of comfort from his relationship with the river. It has helped him find a level of internal peace that was missing in his younger years. In Things that Flow, Lubinski braids strands of life and work on rivers into poems and essays intended to pass his perspectives...
Governing International Watercourses
River Basin Organizations and the Sustainable Governance of Internationally Shared Rivers and Lakes
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
This book focuses on River Basin Organizations as the key institutions for managing internationally shared water resources. This includes a comparative analysis of all River Basin Organizations worldwide and three in-depth case studies from three different continents. The detailed case studies are...
The Boiling River
Adventure and Discovery in the Amazon
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
In this exciting adventure mixed with amazing scientific study, a young, exuberant explorer and geoscientist journeys deep into the Amazon—where rivers boil and legends come to life.
When Andrés Ruzo was just a small boy in Peru, his grandfather told him the story of a mysterious legend:...
Running Dry
A Journey From Source to Sea Down the Dying Colorado River
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
In 1869, John Wesley Powell led a small party down the Green and Colorado Rivers in a bold attempt to explore the Grand Canyon for the first time. After their monumental expedition, they told of raging rapids, constant danger, and breathtaking natural beauty of the American landscape at its most pristine.
Jon...
Cadillac Desert
The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1993
"The definitive work on the West's water crisis." --Newsweek
The story of the American West is the story of a relentless quest for a precious resource: water. It is a tale of rivers diverted and dammed, of political corruption and intrigue, of billion-dollar battles over water rights,...
Recovering a Lost River
Removing Dams, Rewilding Salmon, Revitalizing Communities
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
A powerful argument for why dam removal makes good scientific, economic, and environmental sense—and requires our urgent attention
The Snake River, flowing through the Northwest, was once one of the world's greatest salmon rivers. As recently as a hundred years ago, it retained some of its...
by Velma Merritt
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Meg, a teacher on summer break, plans to have a relaxing summer working at Rivers View Resort. Can she endure the summer working with the new manager who irritates and fascinates her? As she begins to love, can she survive losing James, a man she can never haveor is love even possible?