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Running dry: a journey from source to sea down the Colorado River

By Jonathan , Waterman

Book information

Publisher
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Year
2010
ISBN
9781426205590, 9781426205057, 1426205597
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
1 MB (1337462 bytes)
Pages
(305 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates) : illus
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
HISTORY--United States--State & Local--General;NatJonathan -- Travel -- Colorado River (Colo.-MexicoJonathan;North America -- Colorado Rive

Description

Waterman takes an unprecedented journey down the Colorado River, paddling in his kayak and hiking on foot, all 1,450 miles from the Rocky Mountains to its Mexican delta.;The grand ditch -- Moving water through mountains -- Onto a nonnavigable river -- Home waters -- Pandora's box -- Canyonlands -- Lake Foul or jewel of the Colorado? -- Of dads, lawns, and dams -- The Grand Canyon chub -- The lights of Las Vegas -- Major Powell versus rampant growth -- Birds and farms -- The Mexican delta.

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