California rivers and streams : the conflict between fluvial process and land use - Mount, Jeffrey F., 1954- (Berkeley : University of California Press, 1995)
1. Introduction to the Rivers of California: The First 4 Billion Years -- 2. Water in Motion -- 3. A River at Work: Sediment Entrainment, Transport, and Deposition -- 4. The Shape of a River -- 5. Origins of River Discharge -- 6. Sediment Supply -- 7. River Network and Profile -- 8. Climate and the Rivers of California -- 9. Tectonics and Geology of California's Rivers -- 10. Rivers of California: The Last 200 Years -- 11. Mining and the Rivers of California -- 12. Logging California's Watersheds -- 13. Food Production and the Rivers of California -- 14. A Primer on Flood Frequency: How Much and How Often? -- 15. The Urbanization of California's Rivers -- 16. The Damming of California's Rivers -- 17. The Future: Changing Climate, Changing Rivers.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Rivers -- California; Land use -- California; Cours d'eau -- Californie; Utilisation du sol -- Californie; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General; NATURE / Ecology; Land use; Rivers; California