research with a story a perspective on a semiarid riparian ecosystem of north america: upper san...
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Research with a Story
A Perspective on a Semiarid Riparian Ecosystem of North America:
Upper San Pedro River
History, Beavers, and Conflict
And It’s Not Just A Story
A Comparative Review of
3 Scientific Perspectives on Riparian Areas and Finding a Common Link
A Slow Flowing Alluvial River
Origination Point
Vegetation Type
Length of Flow
Major Watershed
U.S. Congress Intervenes
Land Area Preserved
Official Name
Management
Research Perspectives:
Agreement and Disagreement on Semiarid Riparian Ecosystems
Defining the Greatest Danger to the Riparian Ecosystems may be only an
opinion
Research Perspective
De-Watering of the San Pedro Basin
Linking Research Opinions
A losing river and an expanding cone of depression
Hydrology is the link in a riparian area.
Restricted water flows and man made dams
“Nowhere is water so beautiful as in the desert, for nowhere else is it so scarce” Edward Abbey
The Upper San Pedro River