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Rivers of Europe

Rivers of Europe

Authors
Publisher Academic Press
Year 2014
Pages 728
Version hardback
Language English
ISBN 9780123694492
Categories Hydrology & the hydrosphere
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Book description

Based on the bestselling book, Rivers of North America, this new guide stands as the only primary source of complete and comparative baseline data on the biological and hydrological characteristics of more than 180 of the highest profile rivers in Europe. With numerous full-color photographs and maps, Rivers of Europe includes conservation information on current patterns of river use and the extent to which human society has exploited and impacted them. Rivers of Europe provides the information ecologists and conservation managers need to better assess their management and meet the EU legislative good governance targets.

  • Coverage on more than 180 European rivers
  • Summarizes biological, ecological and biodiversity characteristics
  • Provides conservation managers with information to resolve conflicts between recreational use of rivers, their use as a water supply, and the need to conserve natural habitats
  • Data on river hydrology (maximum , minimum and average flow rates), seasonal variation in water flow
  • Numerous full-color photographs
  • Information on the underlying geology and its affect on river behaviour

Rivers of Europe

Table of contents

Preface
Forward
1.General Overview
2.Volga River Basin
3.Danube River Basin
4.Iberian Rivers
5.Continental Atlantic Rivers
6.Rhine River Basin
7.Rhone River Basin
8.Rivers of the Fenno-Scandinavian Shield
9.Arctic Rivers
10.British and Irish Rivers
11.Rivers of the Balkan
12.Italian Rivers
13.Western Steppic Rivers
14.Rivers of the Central Highlands and
Plains
15.Rivers of the Boreal Uplands
16.Baltic and Eastern Continental Rivers
17.Rivers of Anatolia and the Caucasus
18.Ural River Basin
19.Perspectives

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