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California’s Water Nightmare
An unprecedented drought reveals how the entire nation is implicated in California’s thirst.
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Wetlands as Borderlands: Where Land and Water Meet
The “in-betweenness” of wetlands extends far beyond the realm of ecology.
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Deltas and Human History
Though only making up 5% of the Earth’s land surface, river deltas are home to over half a billion people.
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The Physical Environment 3: Building on Its Own High Ground
As the Mississippi River lays down new land in the delta, its riverbed lengthens, decreasing the slope of the river and creating the perfect conditions for major upheaval in the landscape.
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Mountains and Rivers
George Colton’s 1856 map (infographic?) illustrates some of the world’s longest rivers and largest mountains.
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The Physical Environment 2: High Ground, Low Ground
On the mixed up topography of river deltas.
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