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Page numbers in
italics
refer to illustrations.
Page numbers beginning with 364 refer to notes.
Abajo Mountains,
204
Abbey, Edward,
190
,
194
–95,
196
,
242
,
343
Adhanah, Wadi,
219
Aero Commander 500,
204
–6
Agate rapid,
106
Agriculture Department, US,
185
Aiguille du Dru,
168
Alaska,
31
American Direct,
168
–69
Anasazi Pueblo Indians,
22
,
119
–20,
147
,
148
,
152
,
161
,
165
,
221
Animas River,
204
Annals of the Former World
(McPhee),
113
arch dams,
222
Archean schist,
324
Argentina,
322
Arkansas River,
204
Army Air Corps,
70
Army Corps of Engineers,
64
–65
Aswan Low Dam,
219
Babbitt, Bruce,
99
Babylon,
219
Bacon, Francis,
22
Badger rapid,
106