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Far from being the serene, natural streams of yore, modern rivers have been diverted, dammed, dumped in, and dried up, all in efforts to harness their power for human needs. But these rivers have also undergone environmental change. The old adage says you can t step in the same river twice, and Ellen Wohl would agree natural and synthetic change are so rapid on the world s great waterways that rivers are transforming and disappearing right before our eyes.

A World of Rivers explores the confluence of human and environmental change on ten of the great rivers of the world....

Far from being the serene, natural streams of yore, modern rivers have been diverted, dammed, dumped in, and dried up, all in efforts to harness their power for human needs. But these rivers have also undergone environmental change. The old adage says you can t step in the same river twice, and Ellen Wohl would agree natural and synthetic change are so rapid on the world s great waterways that rivers are transforming and disappearing right before our eyes.

A World of Rivers explores the confluence of human and environmental change on ten of the great rivers of the world....

This important and accessible book surveys the history and present condition of river systems across the United States, showing how human activities have impoverished our rivers and impaired the connections between river worlds and other ecosystems.
Ellen Wohl begins by introducing the basic physical, chemical, and biological processes operating in rivers. She then addresses changes in rivers resulting from settlement and expansion, describes the growth of federal involvement in managing rivers, and examines the recent efforts to rehabilitate and conserve river ecosystems. In each...