| Description |
1 online resource (305 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Col. map, entitled Colorado River Basin, lifeline for an arid land (34 x 27 cm., folded to 22 x 14 cm), , partially affixed to page [3] of cover. |
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Includes index. |
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Description based on print version record. |
| Summary |
Waterman takes an unprecedented journey down the Colorado River, paddling in his kayak and hiking on foot, all 1,450 miles from the Rocky Mountains to its Mexican delta. |
| Contents |
The grand ditch -- Moving water through mountains -- Onto a nonnavigable river -- Home waters -- Pandora's box -- Canyonlands -- Lake Foul or jewel of the Colorado? -- Of dads, lawns, and dams -- The Grand Canyon chub -- The lights of Las Vegas -- Major Powell versus rampant growth -- Birds and farms -- The Mexican delta. |
| Subject |
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Description and travel.
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Waterman, Jonathan -- Travel -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
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Water-supply -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
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Natural history -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
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| Genre |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Waterman, Jonathan. Running dry. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2010 (DLC) 2010001704 (OCoLC)303041757 |
| ISBN |
9781426205590 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) |
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1426205597 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) |
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