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af David Groenfeldt ...

Serier serie Earthscan Water Text
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af R. H. Davies ...

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af B. J. Freeman, Noel Burkhead, Joe Cook ...

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Rivers

The State of Water

River Conservation and Management

Somerset Canals

The Hudson

Mega-Dams in World Literature

Contested Waters

Flow

Overtapped Oasis

River of Redemption

Field Notes from a Waterborne Land

100 Dinge über die Donau, die man wissen sollte

The Mighty Jungle

Managing Basin Interdependencies in a Heterogeneous, Highly Utilized and Data Scarce River Basin in Semi-Arid Africa

Economic Benefits Of Improved Water Quality

Un nuovo turismo culturale su base fluiviale

The River-Names of Europe

Water Ethics

The Green River of Kentucky

Seven Rivers

The River That Flows Uphill (Revised Edition)

How To Read Water

Canal Crimes

Chattahoochee River User's Guide