Running Out: In Search Of Water On The High Plains

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Book Title: Running Out : in Search of Water ON the High Plains

Item Length: 8.4in

Item Height: 0.7in

Item Width: 5.6in

Author: Lucas Bessire

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Environmental / Water Supply, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture, Regional Studies, Agriculture / General, Anthropology / General, Sociology / Rural

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Publication Year: 2022

Genre: Technology & Engineering, Nature, Social Science

Item Weight: 12.8 Oz

Number of Pages: 264 Pages