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      Name: Gupta, Avijit, author.

      Title: Introducing large rivers / by Avijit Gupta.

      Description: First edition. | Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020. | Includes bibliographic references and index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2019032032 (print) | LCCN 2019032033 (ebook) | ISBN 9781118451403 (paperback) | ISBN 9781118451427 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781118451434 (epub)

      Subjects: LCSH: Rivers--Environmental aspects--Research. | Fluvial geomorphology--Environmental aspects--Research.

      Classification: LCC GB1205 .G86 2020 (print) | LCC GB1205 (ebook) | DDC 551.48/3--dc23

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