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River Filled with Mining Sediment

Sediment-laden Ok Tedi River downstream of the Ok Tedi heavy metal mine in Papua New Guinea. The mine earns foreign exchange for developing Papua New Guinea, but it has also caused environmental damage and disruption for people that depend on the Ok Tedi and Fly Rivers.

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Title:

River Filled with Mining Sediment

Caption:

Sediment-laden Ok Tedi River downstream of the Ok Tedi heavy metal mine in Papua New Guinea. The mine earns foreign exchange for developing Papua New Guinea, but it has also caused environmental damage and disruption for people that depend on the Ok Tedi and Fly Rivers.

Credit:

Album / Science Source / Wayne G. Lawler

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5110 x 3422 px | 50.0 MB

Print size:

43.3 x 29.0 cm | 17.0 x 11.4 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ASIAN RAINFOREST • CONTAMINATE WATER • CONTAMINATED RIVER • CONTAMINATED WATER • CONTAMINATION • ECOLOGICAL DISASTER • EFFLUENT • ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES • ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION • GEOGRAFIA • GEOGRAPHY • GEOLOGIA • GEOLOGY • GEOMORPHOLOGY • HABITAT DESTRUCTION • HABITAT LOSS • HEAVY METAL MINE • LANDFORM • LANDSCAPE • LANDSCAPES • MINE DRAINAGE • MINE WASTE • MINING CONSEQUENCES • MISMANAGEMENT • MUD-FILLED • MUDDY RIVER • OK TEDI RIVER • OKTEDI RIVER • PAPUA NEW GUINEA • PAPUAN HIGHLANDS • POLLUTED WATER • POLLUTION • RAIN FOREST DAMAGE • RIVER • RUN OFF • RUN-OFF • RUNOFF • SCENIC • SEDIMENT-LADEN • SILT-LADEN • SILTY STREAM • SOIL EROSION • TOXIC WASTE • WATER POLLUTION