Where Land and Water Meet: A Western Landscape Transformed

by Nancy Langston

Book Overview

Water and land interrelate in surprising and ambiguous ways, and riparian zones, where land and water meet, have effects far outside their boundaries. Using the Malheur Basin in southeastern Oregon as a case study, this intriguing and nuanced book explores the ways people have envisioned boundaries between water and land, the ways they have altered these places, and the often unintended results.

The Malheur Basin, once home to the largest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295984996
• ISBN13: 9780295984995
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"