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Flood / by Champ Clark and the editors of Time-Life Books.
- Title
- Flood / by Champ Clark and the editors of Time-Life Books.
- Author
- Clark, Champ
- Publication
- Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, c1982.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | GB1399 .C55 1982 | Off-site |
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- Time-Life Books
- Description
- 176 p. : ill. (some col.); 28 cm.
- Summary
- Discusses the flood control problem on such major river systems as China's Yellow River, the Mississippi, the Ganges, and the Nile. Presents some of the world's major dams, and some disastrous floods.
- Series Statement
- Planet earth
- Uniform Title
- Planet earth.
- Subject
- Floods
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 172-173.
- Contents
- In all lands where water flows -- The Yellow River: China's sorrow -- Taming the mighty Mississippi -- Floods that come in a flash -- "Run, run! The dam is breaking!" -- When the deluge ceased -- Essays: Florence's ordeal by flood ; Recapturing a renegade river ; A miniature world of man-made deluges ; A little town that faced a torrent ; Learning to live with Mother Ganges.
- ISBN
- 0809443082
- 0809443090 (lib. bdg.)
- 0809443104 (mail order ed.) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- ^^^81018545^
- OCLC
- 7976473
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library