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Dirty, sacred rivers : confronting South Asia's water crisis
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Dirty, sacred rivers : confronting South Asia's water crisis

Author: Cheryl Gene Colopy
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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One journalist's account of her 7-year journey through the Ganges river basin to explore the revered, yet highly polluted, rivers of South Asia.

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Cheryl Gene Colopy
ISBN: 9780199845019 0199845018
OCLC Number: 778827785
Description: xiii, 400 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents: Dirty, sacred rivers --
The real poop: how rivers become sewers --
Delhi's Yamuna --
Melting ice rivers --
The shrinking third Pole --
In the valley of Dhunge Dhara --
Melamchi River blues --
More river blues --
Belji of Dhulikhel --
The sorrows of Bihar --
The Koshi's revenge --
The engineers --
The Garland --
Susu --
Beyond barrages and boundaries --
Poisoned blessings --
Where the rivers end.
Responsibility: Cheryl Colopy.
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