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Canal Boat Lives

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Wings Over Water

Impact of Dam on Fish in the Rivers of Nepal

Instream Flow Protection

The Thames and Severn Canal

Key Concepts in Water Resource Management

A Tour to the River Saguenay, in Lower Canada

History of the Connecticut River, A

Following the Bend

The River You Touch

The Complex Lives of British Freshwater Fishes

River Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland

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Legal Protection of European Inland Waters

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La mesure économique des bénéfices attachés aux hydrosystèmes

River Clyde

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