File:Iron hydroxide precipitate in stream.jpg

This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below.
Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help.

Description: Iron hydroxide precipitate (orange) in a Missouri stream receiving acid drainage from surface coal mining.

Source: Environmental Contaminants; Status and Trends of the Nations Biological Resources (Retrieved May 5, 2005)

Credit: D. Hardesty, USGS Columbia Environmental Research Centre.

This image is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the United States Geological Survey, an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. For more information, see the official USGS copyright policy.

File usage

The following pages on Schools Wikipedia link to this image (list may be incomplete):

Mining

What is Schools Wikipedia?

All five editions of Schools Wikipedia were compiled by SOS Children. By supporting vulnerable children right through to adulthood, SOS Children makes a lasting difference to the lives of thousands of people. Education is a key part of our work, and our schools provide high-quality teaching to the children in our care. Will you help another child today?