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A review by annacks
Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World by Laurence C. Smith
challenging
informative
inspiring
5.0
Provides so much information about all kinds of topics that you (at times) wouldn't have guessed have so much to do with rivers.
I never expected to find hydrology so interesting, but this book gives an amazing overview over all things to do with rivers (global affairs, borders, wars, floods and their impacts, hydropower, pollution, global warming, modern technologies like mapping, urban planning, etc.).
Some things were a bit difficult to imagine (like descriptions of dams when you don't know much about them), but I got through it quicker than I expected.
At times a bit focused on the US in my opinion, but generally a lot of info on a global scale.
I never expected to find hydrology so interesting, but this book gives an amazing overview over all things to do with rivers (global affairs, borders, wars, floods and their impacts, hydropower, pollution, global warming, modern technologies like mapping, urban planning, etc.).
Some things were a bit difficult to imagine (like descriptions of dams when you don't know much about them), but I got through it quicker than I expected.
At times a bit focused on the US in my opinion, but generally a lot of info on a global scale.