Today, half of Texass expanding population, including the cities of Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston, depends on the Trinity River, a river that has shaped the states politics, economy, and environment for centuries.
Today, half of Texass expanding population, including the cities of Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston, depends on the Trinity River, a river that has shaped the states politics, economy, and environment for centuries.
It was not until the 20th century that many geomorphologists began to integrate the work of hydraulic engineers and hydrologists with geomorphic concepts in fluvial systems.
It was not until the 20th century that many geomorphologists began to integrate the work of hydraulic engineers and hydrologists with geomorphic concepts in fluvial systems.
Bland Simpson regales us with new tales of coastal North Carolinas water-loving land, revealing how its creeks, streams, and rivers shape the regions geography as well as its culture.
A stunningly illustrated atlas of the world's rivers, estuaries, and deltas, and their ecosystemsFrom the Congo and the Mekong to the Seine and the Mississippi, Earth's rivers carve through landscapes before coursing into the world's oceans through estuaries and deltas.
Bland Simpson regales us with new tales of coastal North Carolinas water-loving land, revealing how its creeks, streams, and rivers shape the regions geography as well as its culture.
Bland Simpson regales us with new tales of coastal North Carolinas water-loving land, revealing how its creeks, streams, and rivers shape the regions geography as well as its culture.
An engaging and thought-provoking introduction to river scienceWhen we look at a river, either up close or while flying over a river valley, what are we really seeing?
An engaging and thought-provoking introduction to river scienceWhen we look at a river, either up close or while flying over a river valley, what are we really seeing?
SHORTLISTED FOR BLACKWELL'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING 2025From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book which answers a resounding yes to the question of its title.
'Brilliant, clear, and humane' Elizabeth Gilbert'Miraculous and hopeful' Emma StraubRiverman: An American Odyssey uncovers the story of an extraordinary man and his puzzling disappearance, and paints a picture of the singular spirit of America's riverbank towns.
An impassioned meditation on American identity and its ebb and flow through the Capitals great waterwayAs she walks the length of the Potomac River, clambering up its banks and sounding its depths, Charlotte Taylor Fryar examines the geography and ecology of Washington, D.
Whether addressing pollution problems or helping protect a specific use, watershed associations are finding that the competition for funds is getting harder.
Originally published in 1982, this book presents a detailed review of alluvial river form and process and integrates the distinct but related approaches of geomorphologists, geologists and engineers to the subject.
Originally published in 1982, this book presents a detailed review of alluvial river form and process and integrates the distinct but related approaches of geomorphologists, geologists and engineers to the subject.
Read more than 80 of the most compelling true stories of canoeing, kayaking, and rafting rescues ever submitted to the American Whitewater Accident Database.
At a time when the Colorado River and all those who depend on it are in peril, this urgent book offers both a love song and a paean of regret to America's most spectacular river (Denver Post) and a plea to save [it] before it's too late (The Wall Street Journal).
Great blue herons, yellow birches, damselflies, and beavers are among the talismans by which Bill Roorbach uncovers a natural universe along the stream that runs by his house in Farmington, Maine.
