River discharge to the coastal ocean : a global synthesis Rivers provide the primary link between land and sea. Utilizing the worlds largest database this book presents a detailed analysis and synthesis of the processes affecting fluvial discharge of water sediment and dissolved solids. The ways in which climatic variation episodic events and anthropogenic activities past present and future affect the quantity and quality of river discharge are discussed in the final two chapters. The book contains 26 tables and more than 165 figures many in full color including global and regional maps. The books extensive appendix presents the 1534 river database as a series of 44 tables that provide quantitative data regarding the discharge of water sediment and dissolved solids. The complete database is also presented within a GIS based package available online at www.cambridge.org milliman. River Discharge to the Coastal Ocean provides an invaluable resource for researchers professionals and graduate students in hydrology oceanography geology geomorphology and environmental policy