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"This thoroughly engaging, concise book tells the story of California's most precious resource, tracing the journey of water in the state from the atmosphere to the snowpack to our faucets and foods. Along the way, we learn much about California itself as the book describes its rivers, lak...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carle, David, 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment.
Temas:
Water-supply > California.
Hydrology > California.
Water-supply > California > Management.
Hydrologie > Californie.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SCIENCE > General.
Hydrology
Water-supply
Water-supply > Management
California
agriculture.
aqueducts.
climate change.
conservation.
dams.
desalination.
drought.
ecology.
environment.
environmental science.
environmentalism.
faucets.
flood.
global warming.
groundwater.
hydrologic region.
irrigation.
lakes.
natural watersheds.
nature.
nonfiction.
politics.
precipitation.
rivers.
science.
snowpack.
stormwater.
sustainability.
water capture.
water division.
water management.
water recycling.
water resources.
water science.
water storage.
water supply.
water.
wetlands.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Water web : connected Californians
  • Tapping into a planetary cycle
  • California water landscape
  • The distribution system
  • Challenges to California water management
  • Meeting the challenges : California's water future.

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