A world of rivers : : environmental change on ten of the world's great rivers
/ Ellen Wohl.
. - Chicago ; London : : The University of Chicago Press,,2010. .
- viii, 359 p. : :ill., maps ; ;24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A round river -- The Amazon : rivers of blushing dolphins -- Interlude -- The Ob : killing grandmother -- Interlude -- The Nile : lifeline in the desert -- Interlude -- The Danube : remnants of beauty -- Interlude -- The Ganges : eternally pure? -- Interlude -- The Mississippi : once and future river -- Interlude -- The Murray-Darling : stumbling in the waltz -- Interlude -- The Congo : river that swallows all rivers -- Interlude -- The Chang Jiang : bridling a dragon -- Interlude -- The Mackenzie : river on the brink -- An ebbing flow.
This book explores the confluence of human and environmental change on ten of the great rivers of the world.