America by rivers /

Photographer and writer Tim Palmer has spent more than 25 years researching and experiencing life on the waterways of the American continent. He has travelled by canoe or raft on more than 300 different rivers, down wide placid streams and rough raging rapids. His journeys have taken him to every co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Palmer, Tim
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 1998, ©1996.
Edición:1st pbk. ed.
Temas:
Rivers > United States.
Cours d'eau > États-Unis.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Rivers.
Rivers
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction The Way to the Water
  • 1. Rivers of the Glaciated Northeast
  • 2. Appalachian Rivers of Green
  • 3. Rich Waters of the Coastal Plain and South
  • 4. The Midwest: Flowing against the Grid
  • 5. Sky-Filled Rivers of the Great Plains
  • 6. Rocky Mountain Lifelines
  • 7. Rivers of the Deserts and Drylands
  • 8. Brilliant Waters of the Sierra Nevada
  • 9. A Land of Rivers in the Northwest
  • 10. The Wild Rivers of Alaska
  • Appendix 1: The Largest Rivers in America
  • Appendix 2: Long, Undammed Sections of RiversAppendix 3: Rivers Canoed or Rafted by the Author
  • Sources
  • Index

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