02015cam a2200373 i 4500 267001960 TxAuBib 20160630120000.0 110222s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781603444323 flexbound : alkaline paper 1603444327 flexbound : alkaline paper TxAuBib rda Kimmel, Jim, 1943- Exploring the Brazos River : from beginning to end / by Jim Kimmel ; photographs by Jerry Touchstone Kimmel ; foreword by Andrew Sansom. 1st ed. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2011. x, 178 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier River books River books (Series) Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-171) and index. Introduction -- Water runs downhill -- The Brazos as an ecological system -- The lost river -- Many arms of God -- John Graves's dammed river -- The (almost) free Brazos -- The evolving Brazos -- Appendix: Plant and animal species of the Brazos River. "Come with us to learn about a great Texas river... We will explore... camp on its banks... and look for places of excitement, beauty and learning - some of them surprising." From its ancient headwaters on the semiarid plains of eastern New Mexico to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico, the Brazos River carves a huge and paradoxical crescent through Texas geography and history. 20160630. Stream ecology Texas Brazos River Valley. Brazos River Valley (Tex) Description and travel. Brazos River Valley (Tex) History. Brazos River Valley (Tex) Guidebooks. River books. River books (Series.) BSBPL