Rivers of the United States, Volume V Part a: The Colorado River

ISBN-13: 9780471303480 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 264 str.

Ruth Patrick; Ruth Patrick

Opis

The six-volume of Rivers of the United States provides an integrated and comprehensive examination of all the major rivers and estuaries of the contiguous United States. This fifth volume, the first of two parts, is concerned with the Colorado River.

Spis treści

General Description of the Colorado River.

Tributaries of the Colorado River.

Tributaries in the Gila River System.

Water Quality Problems.

Management of Water Quality Problems.

Index.

O autorze

Dr. Patrick is a 1996 recipient of the President′s National Medal of Science, the most prestigious scientific honor in American Science. She holds the Francis Boyer chair of Limnology at the National Academy of Sciences in Philadelphia.