Wide rivers crossed [electronic resource] : the South Platte and the Illinois of the American prairie / Ellen Wohl
- Author
- Wohl, Ellen E., 1962-
- Published
- Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2013]
- Physical Description
- v, 344 pages ; 24 cm
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- 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.
- Subject(s)
- Streamflow—South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)
- Streamflow—Illinois—Illinois River
- Water use—South Platte River Watershed (Colo. and Neb.)
- Water use—Illinois—Illinois River
- Natural history—South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)
- Natural history—Illinois—Illinois River
- South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)—Environmental conditions
- Illinois River (Ill.)—Environmental conditions
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781607322306 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781607322313 (ebook) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-338) and index.
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