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1 online resource (350 pages) |
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Geographies of the United States |
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Geographies of the United States
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Seies Page; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 THE REGIONAL SETTING; Colorado and the American West; The Geologic Understructure; Bedrock; Notes; Bibliography; 2 PHYSIOGRAPHY; The High Plains; The Piedmont; The Southern Rocky Mountains; The Intermontane Parks; The Western Plateaus; Hydrology; Notes; Bibliography; 3 CLIMATE; Data Collection; Climate Controls; Climatic Summary; Weather Elements; Notes; Bibliography; 4 BIOTIC COMMUNITIES; Soils; Biotic Distribution; Vegetation; Animals; Fish; Notes; Bibliography |
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5 NONRENEWABLE RESOURCESHistory; Distribution; Production; Extraction Methods; Ore Milling; Future Resources; Notes; Bibliography; 6 RENEWABLE RESOURCES; Forage Resources; Timber Resources; Wildlife Resources; Notes; Bibliography; 7 WATER; Hydrology; Water Law; Water Management into the Next Century; Notes; Bibliography; 8 RESOURCE OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT; Types of Land and Resource Ownership; Ownership Distribution; Comparison of Federal and State Land Management; Control of Water; Notes; Bibliography; 9 SETTLEMENT HISTORY; American Indian Occupancy; Hispanic Settlement; Mining Settlement |
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Agricultural SettlementMining Camps and Cattle Towns; Health Settlement; Government Settlement; Corporate Settlement; Notes; Bibliography; 10 POPULATION GROWTH AND DISTRIBUTION; Natural Increase; In-migration; Locations of Population Change; Urban/Rural Population Change; Ethnic Patterns; Consequences of Uneven Population Distribution; The Future; Notes; Bibliography; 11 AGRICULTURE; Physical Conditions for Agriculture; Agricultural History; Agricultural Regions; Agricultural Systems; Crops; Livestock; Agricultural Structure; Notes; Bibliography; 12 POWER AND TRANSPORTATION; POWER |
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Colorado River Storage ProjectPower Production; Power Distribution; TRANSPORTATION; Highway System; Railroads; Airlines; Notes; Bibliography; 13 MANUFACTURING AND SERVICE INDUSTRIES; MANUFACTURING; Early History; Manufacturing Today; Future of Manufacturing; SERVICE SECTOR; Wholesale-Retail Trade; Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate; Services; Government; Notes; Bibliography; 14 THE URBAN LANDSCAPE; Historical Development; Denver; Front Range Corridor; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Travel
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Geography
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Geografie
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Landeskunde
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| SUBJECT |
Colorado -- Geography
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Colorado -- Descriptions et voyages
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Colorado -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85028663
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| Subject |
Colorado
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Staat Colorado
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429696213 |
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0429696213 |
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9780429716225 |
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0429716222 |
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