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Author Mount, Jeffrey F., 1954-

Title California rivers and streams : the conflict between fluvial process and land use / Jeffrey F. Mount ; illustrations by Janice C. Fong.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [1995]
©1995

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 359 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. Introduction to the Rivers of California: The First 4 Billion Years -- 2. Water in Motion -- 3. A River at Work: Sediment Entrainment, Transport, and Deposition -- 4. The Shape of a River -- 5. Origins of River Discharge -- 6. Sediment Supply -- 7. River Network and Profile -- 8. Climate and the Rivers of California -- 9. Tectonics and Geology of California's Rivers -- 10. Rivers of California: The Last 200 Years -- 11. Mining and the Rivers of California -- 12. Logging California's Watersheds -- 13. Food Production and the Rivers of California -- 14. A Primer on Flood Frequency: How Much and How Often? -- 15. The Urbanization of California's Rivers -- 16. The Damming of California's Rivers -- 17. The Future: Changing Climate, Changing Rivers.
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Subject Rivers -- California.
Rivers.
California.
Land use -- California.
Land use.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Mount, Jeffrey F., 1954- California rivers and streams. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1995 0520201922 (DLC) 95010822 (OCoLC)32396676
ISBN 9780520916937 (electronic book)
052091693X (electronic book)
0585098670 (electronic book)
9780585098678 (electronic book)
0520201922
0520202503