River and Stream Ecosystems of the World

by Kenneth W. Cummins

Rivers and streams around the world that once flowed wild and unchecked are rapidly disappearing into dams or being channelized between concrete banks. This valuable sourcebook, now available to a wide audience in a paperback edition, is an important comparative documentation of what is being lost: naturally flowing river and stream ecosystems. No other single volume brings together so much critical information on rivers and streams worldwide. Each...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520245679
• ISBN13: 9780520245679
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 834 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 7.5" x 10.2"