Rivers of the United States, Volume V Part A

The six-volume of Rivers of the United States provides an integrated and comprehensive examination of all the major rivers and estuaries of the contiguous United States. This fifth volume, the first of two parts, is concerned with the Colorado River. General Description of the Colorado River.

Tributaries of the Colorado River.

Tributaries in the Gila River System.

Water Quality Problems.

Management of Water Quality Problems.

Index.

Dr. Patrick is a 1996 recipient of the President's National Medal of Science, the most prestigious scientific honor in American Science. She holds the Francis Boyer chair of Limnology at the National Academy of Sciences in Philadelphia.