Virtual Rivers: Lessons from the Mountain Rivers of the Colorado Front Range

by Ellen E. Wohl

Book Overview

Sparsely settled mountain areas of the world, such as Colorado's Front Range, give an impression of wild, untouched, and unchanging nature. Yet in many cases mountain rivers that appear to be pristine natural systems actually have been impaired as a result of human activities. In this timely and accessible book, Ellen Wohl documents two hundred years of land-use patterns on the Front Range and their wide-ranging effects on river ecosystems.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300183100
• ISBN13: 9780300183108
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"