| Description |
1 online resource (v, 344 pages) : illustrations |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Streams of the shortgrass prairie : the South Platte River basin -- At the headwaters -- Onto the plains -- River metamorphosis -- What the future holds -- Streams of the tallgrass prairie : the Illinois River basin -- Natural history of the Illinois River -- Native Americans and the first European settlers -- Twentieth-century river metamorphosis -- What the future holds. |
| Summary |
""In Wide Rivers Crossed, Ellen Wohl tells the stories of two rivers-the South Platte on the western plains and the Illinois on the eastern-to represent the environmental history and historical transformation of major rivers across the American prairie. Wohl begins with the rivers' natural histories, including their geologic history, physical characteristics, ecological communities, and earliest human impacts, and follows a downstream and historical progression from the use of the rivers' resources by European immigrants through increasing population density of the twentieth century to the pr |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.) -- Environmental conditions.
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Illinois River (Ill.) -- Environmental conditions.
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Streamflow -- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)
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Streamflow. |
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Streamflow -- Illinois -- Illinois River.
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Illinois -- Illinois River. |
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Water use -- South Platte River Watershed (Colo. and Neb.)
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Water use. |
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Water use -- Illinois -- Illinois River.
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Natural history -- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)
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Natural history -- Illinois -- Illinois River.
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TRAVEL -- United States -- Midwest -- General. |
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Natural history. |
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HISTORY -- Modern -- General. |
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Ecology. |
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United States -- South Platte River. |
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United States -- South Platte River Watershed. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wohl, Ellen E., 1962- Wide rivers crossed. Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2013] 9781607322306 (DLC) 2013006729 (OCoLC)821025046 |
| ISBN |
9781607322313 (electronic book) |
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1607322315 (electronic book) |
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1457181282 |
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9781457181283 |
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9781607322306 |
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1607322307 |
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