BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 RIVERS -- THE IMPORTANCE OF RIVERS -- SIGNIFICANCE IN EARLY HUMAN SETTLEMENTS -- SIGNIFICANCE TO TRADE, AGRICULTURE, AND INDUSTRY -- ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ATTENDANT ON RIVER USE -- THE DISTRIBUTION OF RIVERS IN NATURE -- PRINCIPLES GOVERNING DISTRIBUTION AND FLOW -- THE RIVER SYSTEM THROUGH TIME -- DRAINAGE DIVERSION BY STREAM CAPTURE -- NON-FLUVIAL INVASION AND DEPOSITION -- THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATIC CHANGE -- CHAPTER 2 DRAINAGE PATTERNS AND GEOMETRY -- THE DRAINAGE PATTERNS OF RIVERS -- HORTON'S LAWS OF DRAINAGE COMPOSITION -- MORPHOMETRY OF DRAINAGE NETWORKS -- THE GEOMETRY OF RIVER SYSTEMS -- HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY -- RIVER CHANNEL PATTERNS -- WATERFALLS -- CHAPTER 3 STREAMFLOW AND SEDIMENT YIELD -- PEAK DISCHARGE AND FLOODING -- SEDIMENT YIELD AND SEDIMENT LOAD -- MEASUREMENT OF THE LOAD -- SEDIMENT SOURCES AND THE NATURE OF DEPOSITION -- FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE SEDIMENT YIELD -- SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS -- LONG-TERM OR AVERAGE SEDIMENT YIELD -- GEOMORPHIC VARIABLES -- CHAPTER 4 RIVERS AS AGENTS OF LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION: VALLEYS, CANYONS, FLOODPLAINS, AND RIVER TERRACES -- VALLEYS AND CANYONS -- VALLEY EVOLUTION -- FORMATION OF CANYONS AND GORGES -- FLOODPLAINS -- FLOODPLAIN DEPOSITS, ORIGINS, AND FEATURES -- TIME AND THE FLOODPLAIN SYSTEM -- RIVER TERRACES -- THE ORIGIN OF RIVER TERRACES -- TERRACES AND GEOMORPHIC HISTORY -- CHAPTER 5 RIVERS AS AGENTS OF LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION: ALLUVIAL FANS, DELTAS, AND ESTUARIES -- ALLUVIAL FANS -- SIZE, MORPHOLOGY, AND SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS -- FAN DEPOSITS AND DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES -- ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE -- DELTAS -- CLASSIFICATION OF DELTAS -- MORPHOLOGY OF DELTAS -- DEPOSITS AND STRATIGRAPHY -- DELTAS AND TIME -- ESTUARIES -- ORIGIN AND CLASSIFICATION -- SEDIMENTATION IN ESTUARIES -- CHAPTER 6 MAJOR RIVERS OF AFRICA -- THE CONGO RIVER.

PHYSIOGRAPHY -- HYDROLOGY -- CLIMATE -- STUDY AND EXPLORATION -- THE NIGER RIVER -- PHYSIOGRAPHY -- CLIMATE -- HYDROLOGY -- STUDY AND EXPLORATION -- THE NILE RIVER -- PHYSIOGRAPHY -- CLIMATE AND HYDROLOGY -- STUDY AND EXPLORATION -- CHAPTER 7 MAJOR RIVERS OF THE AMERICAS -- THE AMAZON RIVER -- THE LENGTH OF THE AMAZON -- LANDFORMS AND DRAINAGE PATTERNS -- THE PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE RIVER COURSE -- HYDROLOGY -- CLIMATE -- SOILS -- STUDY AND EXPLORATION -- THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER -- PHYSIOGRAPHY -- CLIMATE -- HYDROLOGY -- CHAPTER 8 MAJOR RIVERS OF ASIA AND AUSTRALIA -- THE GANGES RIVER -- PHYSIOGRAPHY -- CLIMATE AND HYDROLOGY -- THE LENA RIVER -- PHYSIOGRAPHY -- CLIMATE -- HYDROLOGY -- STUDY AND EXPLORATION -- THE MURRAY RIVER -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- ECONOMY AND WATER MANAGEMENT -- THE OB RIVER -- PHYSIOGRAPHY -- CLIMATE AND HYDROLOGY -- STUDY AND EXPLORATION -- THE YANGTZE RIVER -- THE UPPER COURSE -- THE MIDDLE COURSE -- THE LOWER COURSE -- THE YANGTZE DELTA -- GEOLOGY -- HYDROLOGY -- THE YENISEY RIVER -- PHYSICAL FEATURES -- STUDY AND EXPLORATION -- CHAPTER 9 MAJOR RIVERS OF EUROPE -- THE DANUBE RIVER -- PHYSIOGRAPHY -- HYDROLOGY -- THE RHINE RIVER -- PHYSIOGRAPHY -- HYDROLOGY -- THE RHÔNE RIVER -- PHYSIOGRAPHY -- HYDROLOGY -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX A: AVERAGE NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION OF THE EARTH'S MAJOR HABITATS -- APPENDIX B: WORLD'S LONGEST RIVERS AND RIVER SYSTEMS -- APPENDIX C: SELECTED WATERFALLS OF THE WORLD -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GENERAL WORKS -- RIVERS AS AGENTS OF LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION -- MAJOR RIVERS OF AFRICA -- MAJOR RIVERS OF THE AMERICAS -- MAJOR RIVERS OF ASIA AND AUSTRALIA -- MAJOR RIVERS OF EUROPE -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.