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Descriptor
English
:
Acid Rain
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Lluvia Ácida
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Chuva Ácida
Synonyms
English
:
Acid Rains
Rain, Acid
Rains, Acid
Tree Number:
D20.050
G16.500.175.859.050
G16.500.275.063.725.395.050
G16.500.750.775.450.050
N06.230.300.100.725.450.050
N06.230.520.050
N06.850.460.790.410.050
SP4.016.177.038.414
SP8.473.654.587.602.572.461
Definition
English
:
Acidic water usually pH 2.5 to 4.5, which
poisons
the
ecosystem
and adversely affects
plants
,
fishes
, and
mammals
. It is caused by
industrial pollutants
, mainly
sulfur oxides
and
nitrogen oxides
, emitted into the
atmosphere
and returning to earth in the form of acidic rain water.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
specify geog if pertinent
See Related
English
:
Transboundary Pollution
History Note
English
:
89
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AE
adverse effects
AN
analysis
EC
economics
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
PO
poisoning
PC
prevention & control
SN
statistics & numerical data
TO
toxicity
Record Number:
23552
Unique Identifier:
D015258
Occurrence in VHL
:
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