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Encyclopedia of Lakes and Reservoirs

By Lars Bengtsson , Reginald W. Herschy , Rhodes W. Fairbridge

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2012
ISBN
1402056168, 9781402056161
Google Books ID
9eTRXwAACAAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
42 MB (44414766 bytes)
Series
Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series
Edition
2012
Pages
984\985
Topic
Geography
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-09-28 17:29:31

Description

Lakes and reservoirs hold about 90% of the world's surface fresh water, but overuse, water withdrawal and pollution of these bodies puts some one billion people at risk. The Encyclopedia of Lakes and Reservoirs reviews the physical, chemical and ecological characteristics of lakes and reservoirs, and describes their uses and environmental state trends in different parts of the world. Superbly illustrated throughout, it includes some 200 entries in a range of topics, including acidification, artificialisation, canals, climate change effects, dams, dew ponds, drainage, eutrofication, evaporation, fisheries, hydro-electric power, nutrients, organic pollution, paleolimnology, reservoir capacities and depths, sedimentation, water resources and more.

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