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xxii, 403 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm
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English
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"The award winning writer, photographer, filmmaker, and ethnographer -- a longtime Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society -- recounts an enthralling journey down Colombia's Magdalena River that illuminates the country's rebirth after decades of political violence, drug cartels, and guerrilla warfare"--
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"Plugged by no fewer than twenty-five dams, the Colorado is the world's most regulated river, providing most of the water supply of Las Vegas, Tucson, and San Diego, and much of the power and water of Los Angeles and Phoenix, cities that are home to more than 25 million people. If it ceased flowing, the water held in its reservoirs might hold out for three to four years, but after that it would be necessary to abandon most of southern California and...
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