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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, �1995.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 359 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520916937
  • 052091693X
  • 0585098670
  • 9780585098678
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: California rivers and streams.DDC classification:
  • 333.91/62/09794 20
LOC classification:
  • GB1225.C3 M68 1995eb
Online resources:
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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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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