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Virtual Rivers - Lessons from the Mountain Rivers of the Colorado Front Range (Paperback)
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Virtual Rivers - Lessons from the Mountain Rivers of the Colorado Front Range (Paperback)
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Sparsely settled mountain areas of the world, such as Colorado's
Front Range, give an impression of wild, untouched, and unchanging
nature. Yet in many cases mountain rivers that appear to be
pristine natural systems actually have been impaired as a result of
human activities. In this timely and accessible book, Ellen Wohl
documents two hundred years of land-use patterns on the Front Range
and their wide-ranging effects on river ecosystems. If we hope to
manage river resources effectively and preserve functioning river
ecosystems, the author warns, we must recognize how beaver
trapping, placer mining, timber harvesting, flow regulation, road
and railroad construction, recreation, cattle grazing, and other
human activities have impaired rivers--and continue to do so. The
rivers of the Colorado Front Range are representative of mountain
rivers throughout the world: land-use patterns affecting their form
and function are little-recognized or -understood. This book fills
an important gap with a clear and comprehensive explanation of how
rivers are changed by human activity and includes a generous
selection of striking historical and contemporary photographs,
maps, and diagrams.
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Imprint: |
Yale University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2001 |
First published: |
November 2011 |
Authors: |
Ellen Wohl
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Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
224 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-300-18310-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Science: general issues >
General
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LSN: |
0-300-18310-0 |
Barcode: |
9780300183108 |
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