California rivers and streams : the conflict between fluvial process and land use / Jeffrey F. Mount ; illustrations by Janice C. Fong.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780520916937
- 052091693X
- 0585098670
- 9780585098678
- 333.91/62/09794 20
- GB1225.C3 M68 1995eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
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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