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Large lakes in Finland OK, coastal water quality poor

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Physorg

Publication Date
2013-10-03

A new assessment of the ecological status of Finland's waters shows that 85% of the surface area of our lakes and 65% of our rivers are in a good or very good state. However, three-quarters of the surface area of our coastal waters are in a worse state. The main problem is eutrophication.

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http://phys.org/news/2013-10-large-lakes-finland-coastal-quality.html