Name: USA RIVERS
SKU: 68902416
Price: 37.96 USD
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Author: King, Robert
ISBN: 9798171027575

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Independently published

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King, Robert

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Tapa Blanda

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9798171027575

USA RIVERS

King, Robert (Autor) · Independently published · Tapa Blanda

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USA RIVERS An A–Z Guide to America’s Rivers From the Mississippi to the Yukon, from desert washes that never reach the sea to tidal rivers that touch the Atlantic, this book is a journey through the waterways that shaped the United States. USA Rivers is a comprehensive A–Z reference and readable guide to the nation’s most important and distinctive rivers. It covers famous arteries such as the Missouri, Ohio, Colorado, Columbia, and Rio Grande, alongside regional rivers, mountain streams, border waters, and the many “Little Rivers” that carry local history and everyday life. Each entry brings together geography, Indigenous and national history, wildlife, towns and cities, industry, recreation, and the environmental pressures that define these rivers today. Opening chapters explain why America’s rivers matter, how they shaped exploration and settlement, and how the country’s major river systems connect nearly every region. The heart of the book is the river-by-river guide: clear facts, narrative sections, interesting details, and short summaries that make each waterway vivid and easy to understand. A closing chapter reflects on patterns across the continent and on the ongoing work of living with—and caring for—these essential waters. Written for curious readers, travelers, students, and anyone who wants to know the country through its rivers, USA Rivers is both a reference and an invitation: to see the United States not only as states and roads, but as a vast network of flowing water—still working, still contested, and still worth knowing one river at a time.