Research Catalog

Title

Wide rivers crossed [electronic resource] : the South Platte and the Illinois of the American prairie / Ellen Wohl.

Author

Wohl, Ellen E., 1962-

Publication

Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2013]

Details

Description

1 online resource (v, 344 pages)

Uniform Title

Wide rivers crossed (Online)

Alternative Title

Wide rivers crossed (Online)

Subject

• Streamflow > South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)
• Streamflow > Illinois > Illinois River
• Water use > South Platte River Watershed (Colo. and Neb.)
• Water use > Illinois > Illinois River
• Natural history > South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)
• Natural history > Illinois > Illinois River
• South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.) > Environmental conditions
• Illinois River (Ill.) > Environmental conditions

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-338) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Streams of the shortgrass prairie : the South Platte River basin -- At the headwaters -- Onto the plains -- River metamorphosis -- What the future holds -- Streams of the tallgrass prairie : the Illinois River basin -- Natural history of the Illinois River -- Native Americans and the first European settlers -- Twentieth-century river metamorphosis -- What the future holds.

LCCN

2013006729

OCLC

ssj0000888365

Author

Wohl, Ellen E., 1962-

Title

Wide rivers crossed [electronic resource] : the South Platte and the Illinois of the American prairie / Ellen Wohl.

Imprint

Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2013]

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-338) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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