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New England once hosted large numbers of anadromous fish, which migrate between rivers and the sea. Salmon, shad, and alewives served a variety of functions within the region's preindustrial landscape, furnishing not only maritime areas but also agricultural communities with an important source of nutrition and a valued article of rural exchange.Historian Erik Reardon argues that to protect these
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Series series Through Time
At 220 miles in length, the Severn is Britain's longest river. The author has followed the Severn's final 100 miles course to the sea, revisiting the locations of the older scenes, and taking an equvivalent photograph today. This is an exciting examination of how the Severn, known to the Welsh as Afon Hafren and to the Romans as Sabrina has been immortalised by earlier generations of photographers ... Leer más

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Blood on the Tiber

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The River That Flows Uphill (Revised Edition)

Blue-Green Rehabilitation

Amerikanische Wald- und Strombilder. Erster Band

The Longest Rivers Lead to the Biggest Oceans - Geography Books for Kids Age 9-12 | Children's Geography Books

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The Groundwater Diaries

The Politics of Climate Change and Uncertainty in India

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Manchester Ship Canal Through Time

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Ganges

William Stanek's The Living New River Gorge Biography

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