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  • Thumbnail for Estuary
    An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the...
    42 KB (4,871 words) - 23:27, 9 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for National Estuary Program
    National Estuary Program (NEP) provides grants to states where governors have identified nationally significant estuaries that are threatened by pollution, land...
    6 KB (672 words) - 00:04, 8 November 2023
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    River Mersey (redirect from Mersey Estuary)
    the UK". Persistent organic and mercury (Hg) pollution contained within sediments of the Mersey estuary have been evaluated by British Geological Survey...
    41 KB (4,274 words) - 08:58, 20 October 2024
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    Metropolitan Region is the low-lying area surrounding the Pearl River estuary, where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea. Referred to as the...
    128 KB (3,337 words) - 12:47, 25 October 2024
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    Environmental Conservation (2008-03-04). "Hess fined $1.1m for Hudson River estuary pollution". Environmental-Expert. Archived from the original on 2012-07-30....
    68 KB (6,895 words) - 08:06, 30 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Agricultural pollution
    Agricultural pollution refers to biotic and abiotic byproducts of farming practices that result in contamination or degradation of the environment and...
    50 KB (6,239 words) - 21:10, 9 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wouri estuary
    enters the estuary. The estuary contains extensive mangrove forests, which are being damaged by pollution and population pressures. The estuary lies to the...
    23 KB (2,891 words) - 07:37, 20 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Noise pollution
    Noise pollution, or sound pollution, is the propagation of noise or sound with ranging impacts on the activity of human or animal life, most of which...
    100 KB (11,119 words) - 21:28, 31 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pollution of the Hudson River
    effects to wildlife and people who eat fish from the river. Other kinds of pollution, including mercury contamination and cities discharging untreated sewage...
    26 KB (2,860 words) - 02:46, 5 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Marine pollution
    industrial pollution such as phenols and heavy metals in the Amur River have devastated fish stocks and damaged its estuary soil. Acute and chronic pollution events...
    79 KB (11,112 words) - 17:19, 4 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Marine mercury pollution
    contamination in surface sediments and sediment cores of the Mersey Estuary, UK" (PDF). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 58 (6): 940–946. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.03...
    18 KB (2,453 words) - 14:20, 18 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Thermal pollution
    pollution is the rise or drop in the temperature of a natural body of water caused by human influence. Thermal pollution, unlike chemical pollution,...
    25 KB (2,688 words) - 14:08, 4 October 2024
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    conducted to assess the pollution levels in the estuary. Sediment samples were collected from four TRE locations within the estuary under various weather...
    11 KB (1,120 words) - 00:43, 10 November 2024
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    The Chesapeake Bay (/ˈtʃɛsəpiːk/ CHESS-ə-peek) is the largest estuary in the United States. The bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily...
    117 KB (12,799 words) - 17:52, 4 November 2024
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    River Clyde (redirect from Clyde estuary)
    Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in surface sediments of the Inner Clyde Estuary, U.K." Marine Pollution Bulletin. 54 (8): 1301–1306. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.04...
    48 KB (4,987 words) - 15:18, 8 November 2024
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    than many other UK and European river estuaries. The most sedimentary-hosted Hg pollution in the Thames estuary occurs in the central London area between...
    135 KB (14,922 words) - 16:36, 3 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Environmental issues in Bangladesh
    "Trace/heavy metal pollution monitoring in estuary and coastal area of Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh and implicated impacts". Marine Pollution Bulletin. 105 (1):...
    31 KB (3,442 words) - 16:15, 23 October 2024
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    octopus-shaped) water body. It is second only in size to the Vembanad estuary ecosystem of the state. Ashtamudi means 'eight hills or peaks' (Ashta :...
    50 KB (5,615 words) - 18:51, 5 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Afon Mawddach
    use of hill-sides as artillery ranges have all added to the legacy of pollution. The river is also very flashy - prone to very rapid rise and fall in...
    6 KB (689 words) - 15:47, 21 September 2024
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    "Protecting Our Estuary". Zwartkops Conservancy. 2021. Retrieved 2022-12-17. "Behind the Herald Headlines with Daron Mann: Swartkops Estuary pollution reaches...
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