Rivers of the United States

Ruth Patrick (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

488 Seiten

1998 | Volume 4 ed.
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-19742-3 (ISBN)

Infos

This text is Part A of the fourth volume of a six-volume set of books, providing a comprehensive treatment of all the major rivers and estuaries of the contiguous United States. Both the physical and biological characteristics of pristine river environments are presented in detail.

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This text is Part A of the fourth volume of a six-volume set of books that provides a comprehensive and integrated treatment of all the major rivers and estuaries of the contiguous United States. Both the physical and biological characteristics of pristine river environments are presented in detail. Part A is concerned with west of the Mississippi basin drainage and west of the Mississippi River.

Autor

Dr. Patrick is a 1996 recipient of the President's National Medal of Science, the most prestigious scientific honor in American Science. She holds the Francis Boyer chair of Limnology at the National Academy of Sciences in Philadelphia.

Inhalt

Part B: THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TRIBUTARIES SOUTH OF ST; LOUIS; Southern Plains Headwaters; Southern Plains Rivers; Headwaters of the Southern Appalachians; New River; Softwater Headwaters of the Big South Fork Cumberland River; Hardwater Headwaters of the Cumberland River; Green River; Tennessee River; Loosahatchie River; Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.1.1998
• Zusatzinfo: Illustrations, maps
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 253 mm
• Gewicht: 869 g
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
• ISBN-10: 0-471-19742-4 / 0471197424
• ISBN-13: 978-0-471-19742-3 / 9780471197423
• Zustand: Neuware