| ISBN: | 9780816666003 |
| Publication date: | 4th August 2010 |
| Author: | Rebecca R Scott |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press an imprint of University Of Minnesota Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 296 pages |
| Series: | A Quadrant Book |
| Genres: |
Human geography Environmental science, engineering and technology |
A coal mining technique practiced in southern West Virginia known as mountaintop removal is drastically altering the terrain of the Appalachian Mountains. Peaks are flattened and valleys are filled as the coal industry levels thousands of acres of forest to access the coal, in the process turning the forest into scrubby shrublands and poisoning the water.
Removing Mountains features in the following genres: Human geography, Environmental science, engineering and technology
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Removing Mountains was written by Rebecca R Scott and published by University of Minnesota Press an imprint of University Of Minnesota Press
Removing Mountains has 296 pages
Yes it is part of A Quadrant Book series