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acid rain
Definition:
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Rain having a pH less than 5.6. The acidity results from chemical reactions occurring when water, sulphur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides, generally released by industrial processes, are chemically transformed into sulphuric and nitric acids.
* Note: Definition is not available for the current language
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atmospheric pollution |
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acid deposition |
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acidification | |
Scope note:
scope note is not available
Groups:
WASTES, POLLUTANTS, POLLUTION
Themes:
air
pollution
Other relations:
- Has exact match
- AGROVOC: acid rain
- EuroVoc: acid rain
- Wikipedia article
- Acid rain
| Arabic: | مطر حمضي |
| Basque: | euri azido |
| Bulgarian: | Киселинен дъжд |
| Catalan: | pluja àcida |
| Chinese: | 酸雨 |
| Croatian: | kisela kiša |
| Czech: | deště kyselé |
| Danish: | sur regn |
| Dutch: | zure regen |
| English: | acid rain |
| Estonian: | happevihm |
| Finnish: | happosade, hapan sade |
| French: | pluie acide |
| German: | Saurer Regen |
| Greek: | όξινη βροχή |
| Hungarian: | savas eső |
| Irish: | báisteach aigéadach |
| Italian: | pioggia acida |
| Latvian: | skābais lietus |
| Lithuanian: | rūgštusis lietus |
| Maltese: | xita aċiduża |
| Norwegian: | sur nedbør |
| Polish: | kwaśny deszcz |
| Portuguese: | chuvas ácidas |
| Romanian: | ploaie acidă |
| Russian: | кислотный дождь |
| Slovak: | kyslý dážď |
| Slovenian: | kisel dež |
| Spanish: | lluvia ácida |
| Swedish: | surt regn |
| Turkish: | asit yağmuru |
| Ukrainian: | кислотний дощ |
Concept URL: <http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/51>
