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What is the worst that can happen to a river? That it vanishes, and all its life vanishes with it: the people, the plants, the animals-not just the fish, but the crops, the cattle, the forests, the everything. All are made mostly of water. Look around-what is in that leaf, that spider, that deer, that petal?-WATER! And although many animals and (mostly tiny) plants live in the sea in salt water, it is the fresh water in the land, derived from ...

This book is about the Somerset River Brue, which rises beyond the Somerset Levels from the Mendip Hills to the Wiltshire Downs and southwards, and, along with its tributaries, flows west to the Bristol channel. It describes a whole unit, the River Brue, intermittently from its source to its mouth: a "proper" river, composed of various brooks, and has so much that is unique. Each brook comprising the Brue, the north and south Brew, the Pitt, a...

This Book is a Prologue to the River Friend series of small books and is intended mainly for reference and as a picture guide to some common aquatic plants. Unlike the other books in the series, which con­centrate on a particular riverine aspect, this book shows what some common British water plants look like, with colloquial and scientific (Latin) names, as well as a glossary of terms and bibliography for further reading. In the series we hav...