What is a meander? Why did ancient civilizations spring up along the banks of great rivers? How do dams change river landscapes? Landscapes and People explores the landforms that make up the world around us. This title explores rivers and explains how the landscape is formed and changed, as well as how people and settlements change and are changed by the landscape. Finally, each title looks at …
A child crouches beside a meadow brook, and a drop of water collects and falls from the child’s fingertip to continue on its journey. Where does that journey begin? High in the sky, rain clouds are parting. Water trickles and flows down the mountain, collecting in an upland bog, seeping through a beaver’s dam, rushing over rocks, passing many plants and animals along its winding way—each …