Rivers of the United States

by Ruth Patrick

ISBN: 9780471303459

Published: 1994

Volume I includes information on tides and other energy sources, sediment distribution and dynamics, nutrient cycling, ecology, aquatic communities, species (flora and fauna), habitats, and productivity. Volume II covers weathering, erosion, drainage classification, principal river basins (with area, flow, and discharge statistics), effects of climate, (precipitation and runoff) hydrology, organic carbon, equilibrium in groundwater, and trace metals.