RiversFrom Earth's two longest rivers, which flow through African deserts and Amazon jungles, to Siberia's great Yenisei-Angara river system, which drains into the Arctic Ocean, this appealing new book vividly brings the world's great waterways into focus. Stud |
Contents
Foreword | vii |
Preface | ix |
Acknowledgments | xi |
Introduction | xiii |
Origin of the Landform | xvii |
The Nile | xxiv |
The Amazon | xl |
The Yangtze | lix |
The Ob | cxiii |
The Congo River | cxxvii |
The Amur River | cxlii |
The Mackenzie River | clv |
Color Insert | 1 |
Glossary | 156 |
Books | 161 |
Magazines | 164 |
Common terms and phrases
Amazon Amur ancient Arctic Atlantic banks basin become begins Blue boats called carries changes channel China Chinese Congo continues created delta deposits discharge downstream Earth east example fall feet fish flood flow force forest freshwater Gorges grow Gulf heads Huang human increase Irtysh joins known Lake land largest length live lower Mackenzie major measurements melting miles million Mississippi months mountains mouth moves natural navigable Nile northern ocean once passes percent plain population rain reaches region relatively remains result rich rise river rock runs Russian season sediment Selenga snow soil species square miles stream stretch summer surface takes temperatures thousands transportation tributaries turn Upper upstream valley volume watershed waterway wide winter Yangtze Yenisey