Summary
Paolo Novaresio: The Great Rivers of the World
This book describes twenty-five of the world's most important, famous and wonderful rivers - from the Ganges to the Mekong, from the Nile to the Amazon, from the Colorado and Mississippi to the Tigris - Euphrates river system, all the way to the Danube, Rhine and Seine - with the ambitious goal of showing each individual river in a completely new way.
Rich aerial photographs and panoramic views are extremely rich in detail that they arouse our consciousness and imagination, and the feelings that overwhelm us when we sit on the bank of a river or when we walk downstream from its source towards its mouth. They evoke key moments in the evolution of rivers and the roles they played in the development of civilizations and the creation of natural environments around them.
A very carefully written text succinctly describes each river, its features and geographical location, and the events witnessed by these incredible natural monuments.
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