The Colorado River Through Grand Canyon: Natural History and Human Change

by Bryan T. Brown and Steven W. Carothers

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Once Glen Canyon Dam was completed in 1963, the Colorado River in its passage through the Grand Canyon would never be the same. Now sealed off at both ends, the Colorado has been transformed into a carefully-tended aquarium, its flow of water controlled and monitored. The effect on the Canyon's physical and biological systems has been extraordinary.Steven Carothers and Bryan Brown--both veteran river runners and scientists--draw on river history and...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0816511314

ISBN13:9780816511310

Release Date:April 1991

Publisher:University of Arizona Press

Length:235 Pages

Weight:1.90 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 7.2" x 10.3"

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