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Figure 1 Copyright © Jos Joslin, National Trails Office

Figure 2 Dr Sandy Smith

Figures 4 and 6 Dr Andy Sutton

Figure 10 National Rivers Authority

Figure 11 Chorley, R.J., Schumm, S.A. and Sugden, D.E.(1984) Geomorphology, Methuen and Co

Figure 12 Graf, W.L/ (1985) The Colorado River, Resource Publications in Geography, Association of American Geographers, Washington, DC

Figure 13 Bernhard Edmaier/Science Photo Library

Figure 14 Copyright © Popperfoto

Figure 17 Photo by Winter and Kidson, courtesy Fairclough Civil Engineering Ltd

Figure 21 © Reuters/Corbis

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