We all have an intuitive appreciation that river water contains a variety of dissolved and suspended constituents. Mountain streams appear pure, farm creeks often are muddy with sediments, and drainages in limestone-rich regions are fertile while those containing only granitic rocks usually are less so. The rivers of heavily populated areas, and even the rain, are polluted by human activities.
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Allan, J. D., & Castillo, M. M. (2007). Streamwater chemistry. In Stream Ecology (pp. 57–74). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5583-6_4
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