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Water pollution (or aquatic pollution) is the contamination of water bodies, with a negative impact on their uses. [1]: 6 It is usually a result of human activities.. Water bodies include lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers, reservoirs and groundwa
Funeral ghats in Varanasi. The ongoing pollution of the Ganges, the largest river in India, poses a significant threat to both human health and the environment. [1] The river supplies water to approximately 40% of India's population across 11 states [2] and serves an estimated 500 million people—more than any other river in the world.
The first modern KBBI dictionary was published during the 5th Indonesian Language Congress on 28 October 1988. The first edition contains approximately 62,000 entries. The dictionary was compiled by a team led by the Head of the Language Center, Anton M. Moeliono, with chief editors Sri Sukesi Adiwimarta and Adi Sunaryo. [1]
The Pulai River (Malay: Sungai Pulai) is a river in Johor, Malaysia. It runs from Mount Pulai in Kulai District until Tanjung Pelepas, draining into the Tebrau Straits. At its mouth lies the single largest seagrass bed in Malaysia, [2] which extends all the way to Pulau Merambong. Sungai Pulai is also a mangrove forest reserve. [3]
While marine pollution can be obvious, as with the marine debris shown above, it is often the pollutants that cannot be seen that cause most harm.. Marine pollution occurs when substances used or spread by humans, such as industrial, agricultural and residential waste, particles, noise, excess carbon dioxide or invasive organisms enter the ocean and cause harmful effects there.
In the 20th century the water table and river became polluted by polyethene waste and other hazardous substances from demolished buildings near the river banks.. The Buriganga river now ranks among the most polluted rivers in the country.
Sungai Siput Mukim Sungai Siput in Kuala Kangsar District. Sungai Siput (U) (Malay for 'snail river', Jawi: سوڠاي سيڤوت; Tamil: சுங்கை சீப்புட்; Chinese: 和豐市/和丰市) is a town and mukim in Kuala Kangsar District, Perak, Malaysia, covering 155.141 hectares, 61.5% of the total area of Kuala Kangsar.
Tugu inscription displayed in National Museum mentioned about King Purnawarman of Tarumanagara.. In the ancient manuscript of the Old Sundanese Inscription (Tatar Sunda Kuno), it is stated that the Candrabhagha River is one of the legacies of the Tarumanegara Kingdom, the second oldest kingdom in the Nusantara that ruled from the 5th to the 7th century AD.