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050 4 $aGB1283$b.R58 2005
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245 00 $aRivers and the British landscape /$cSue Owen [and others].
260 $aLancaster :$bCarnegie,$c2005.
300 $axii, 243 pages :$billustrations (chiefly color), color maps ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aWHY DO WE HAVE RIVERS IN BRITAIN? / Chris Park: The water cycle -- How do rivers form? -- River networks -- Channel equilibrium and change -- Long-term environmental history -- What rivers do: flows and forms / Andrew Folkard: A first approximation to a British river -- Introducing the first dimension: vertical variations -- Introducing the second dimension: longitudinal variations -- Introducing the third dimension: transverse variations -- Flow complexities: waves, eddies, confluences, bursts, sweeps, boils and fronts -- River engineering structures -- Estuarine flows and forms -- RIVERS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT / Andrew Folkard: Sediment movement -- Sedimentary bedforms -- Channel shape and bank erosion -- Riparian hydrology -- River water chemistry impact on river ecology -- Plants in rivers -- Macro-invertebrates -- Vertebrates -- Riparian ecology -- Riverine waterbirds -- Riparian mammals and amphibians -- Riparian birds -- Alien species -- Estuarine biogeography -- RIVERS AS AN ECONOMIC RESOURCE / Gordon Clark: Rivers for water -- Rivers for power -- Rivers and fish -- Improving the rivers -- Rivers and canals -- Rivers as ports -- Rivers as barriers -- At leisure on the river -- Riverside development -- RIVERS AS A CULTURAL RESOURCE / Colin Poolet: Rivers and culture -- Rivers and the self -- Rivers and creativity -- Rivers, landscapes and townscapes -- Rivers and spirituality -- Conclusions: British rivers and twenty-first-century culture -- THE MANAGEMENT OF BRITISH RIVERS / Nigel Watson: The rise of river management in Britain -- The management of river basins in Britain -- Towards integrated management of river basins in Britain -- Prospects for the future -- A JOURNEY DOWN THE RIVER SEVERN / Sue Owen: The river -- The Severn Uplands -- The Middle Severn -- The Severn Vale -- The Severn estuary.
520 $aRivers and streams occupy a central and fundamental place within the British landscape. They are important features of the natural landscape, helping to shape the landforms, as well as providing a range of habitats for flora and fauna and affecting the lives of the people who live on or near them.
650 0 $aRivers$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aLandscapes$zGreat Britain.
650 6 $aPaysage$zGrande-Bretagne.
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651 7 $aGreat Britain.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204623
700 1 $aOwen, Susan Margaret.
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