River discharge to the coastal ocean : a global synthesis / John D. Milliman, Katherine L. Farnsworth.

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Runoff, erosion and delivery to the coastal ocean -- Temporal variations -- Human activities and their impacts -- Appendices. Global river data base: Appendix A: North and Central America -- Appendix B: South America -- Appendix C: Europe -- Appendix D: Africa -- Appendix E: Eurasia -- Appendix F: Asia -- Appendix G: Oceania.

Rivers provide the primary link between land and sea. Utilizing the world's largest database, this book presents a detailed analysis and synthesis of the processes affecting fluvial discharge of water, sediment and dissolved solids. It also discusses the ways in which climatic variation, episodic events and anthropogenic activities - past, present and future - affect the quantity and quality of river discharge. The book contains more than 165 figures - many in full color - including global and regional maps. An extensive appendix presents the 1534-river database as a series of 44 tables that provide quantitative data regarding the discharge of water, sediment and dissolved solids. The complete database is also presented within a GIS-based package available online at www.cambridge.org/milliman. Now available in paperback, reprinted with corrections, this is an invaluable resource for researchers, professionals and graduate students in hydrology, oceanography, geology, geomorphology and environmental policy.