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Munich and Its Isar River: A Rafting Port on an Alpine River
The construction of a bridge over the Isar River was a crucial factor in the foundation of the city of Munich in 1158.
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The Thames Barrier: London's Moveable Flood Defense
In 1975, construction began for the Thames Barrier, a moveable flood defense located on the River Thames, downstream of central London in the United Kingdom.
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The Watering of California's Central Valley
The agricultural landscape of California was based on a complex system of aqueducts that created the illusion of “normal” climatic variation.
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Molluscan Explosion: The Dutch Shipworm Epidemic of the 1730s
An invasive mollusk called the shipworm (Teredo navalis) attacked coastal dikes in the Netherlands in the 1730s, leading to changes in the design of dikes.
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“Citizens of a Watershed”: The Colorado River Compact and the Exigencies of Drought
The premises of water allocation legislation came under harsh scrutiny in the early 2000s as severe drought plagued the American Southwest.
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Land Subsidence and the Reservoirs of the Washburn Valley
Water management can have profound effects upon the landscape.
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To Dig a Well (in Siberia)
In 1947, inhabitants of Yakutsk gained access to potable groundwater from below the permafrost layer for the first time.
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Half a Century of Public Participation to Stop Pollution in the Alviela River, from 1957 to Today
This article examines mobilization and resistance against pollution in the Alviela River in the Santarém municipality, Portugal, since the 1950s.
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Naturalizing Trout? Fish Farming in German Southwest Africa
Efforts to naturalize trout in German Southwest Africa capture German ambitions within its first and only settler colony.
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“Moby Dick” in the Rhine: How a Beluga Whale Raised Awareness of Water Pollution in West Germany
In 1966, a stray beluga whale swimming up and down the polluted Lower Rhine caught the media’s attention in West Germany.