Add to ORKGThese summaries and video excerpts examine the health of four river systems - the Mississippi, the Amazon, the Jordan and the Mekong, and how environmental problems are facing those who depend on them. There is an account of the flooding in Grafton, Illinois in 1993, one of many towns to suffer devastating damage when the upper Mississippi River overflowed its banks. The video excerpts are from the "Journey to Planet Earth" television series; each is approximately three minutes in length. Educational levels: General public
The water you touch in a river is the last of that which has passed, and the first of that which is ...
This presentation will summarize ongoing work at the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center ...
Download the zipped file, unzip it, and then launch index.html in an internet browser.City planning ...
Farmers and rivers have a close, though not always friendly, relationship with one another. Rivers c...
Water was the most important environmental factor in early human settlement and rivers were useful s...
This site provides general information about floods and dams. There are sections on the science, the...
Throughout human history, water has played a dual role as a life-giving liquid and as a resource for...
Throughout history, rivers have provided people with ideal settings for development, which includes ...
Your instructor is engaged in a three-year examination of the Mississippi River and will be on and o...
Your instructor is engaged in a three-year examination of the Mississippi River and will be on and o...
If water is the lifeblood of the Earth, then streams and rivers are the Earth's arteries. This progr...
The Missouri River Research Endeavor (MRRE ‘mɜr i’) set out to conduct an empirical study of the Mis...
Droughts claim more victims each year than any other natural disaster and may cause damage costing b...
The Mississippi River's watershed encompasses the middle two-fifths of the United States. Anything t...
Michigan, I was surrounded by water. From canoeing on the Au Sable River, to hiking along the Tahqua...
The water you touch in a river is the last of that which has passed, and the first of that which is ...
This presentation will summarize ongoing work at the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center ...
Download the zipped file, unzip it, and then launch index.html in an internet browser.City planning ...
Farmers and rivers have a close, though not always friendly, relationship with one another. Rivers c...
Water was the most important environmental factor in early human settlement and rivers were useful s...
This site provides general information about floods and dams. There are sections on the science, the...
Throughout human history, water has played a dual role as a life-giving liquid and as a resource for...
Throughout history, rivers have provided people with ideal settings for development, which includes ...
Your instructor is engaged in a three-year examination of the Mississippi River and will be on and o...
Your instructor is engaged in a three-year examination of the Mississippi River and will be on and o...
If water is the lifeblood of the Earth, then streams and rivers are the Earth's arteries. This progr...
The Missouri River Research Endeavor (MRRE ‘mɜr i’) set out to conduct an empirical study of the Mis...
Droughts claim more victims each year than any other natural disaster and may cause damage costing b...
The Mississippi River's watershed encompasses the middle two-fifths of the United States. Anything t...
Michigan, I was surrounded by water. From canoeing on the Au Sable River, to hiking along the Tahqua...
The water you touch in a river is the last of that which has passed, and the first of that which is ...
This presentation will summarize ongoing work at the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center ...
Download the zipped file, unzip it, and then launch index.html in an internet browser.City planning ...