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Tailing ponds

Areas where waterborne refuse material from mining operations is pumped to allow the sedimentation of solids from the water


Transboundary pollution

Contamination from one country impacts another country by crossing its borders


Transpiration

The process by which plants send water up through their stems, and deliver it from their leaves back into the atmosphere


Turbidity

Water that loses its transparency due to the presence of suspended particulates