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" Floods : "
Timothy Kusky, Ph.D.
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BL
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1038691
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b793061
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| Main Entry
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Kusky, Timothy M.
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| Title & Author
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Floods : : hazards of surface and groundwater systems /\ Timothy Kusky, Ph.D.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: Facts On File,, [2008]
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| Series Statement
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The hazardous Earth
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xv, 144 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0816064687
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: 9780816064687
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-136) and index.
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| Contents
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The water planet : relationships between surface water and groundwater systems -- Streams and river systems -- Effects of river modifications and urbanization on river dynamics -- Examples of flood disasters -- The goundwater system and groundwater contamination -- Geological subsidence, compaction, and collapse -- Summary.
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| Abstract
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"Examines the intricate processes that control the development and flow of stream and river systems and discusses how and when these processes can become hazardous"--P. [4] of cover.
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Floods, Juvenile literature.
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Groundwater-- Pollution, Juvenile literature.
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Water-- Pollution, Juvenile literature.
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Floods.
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Groundwater-- Pollution.
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Water-- Pollution.
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Floods.
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Groundwater-- Pollution.
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Water-- Pollution.
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| Dewey Classification
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551.48/9
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GB1399.K87 2008
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