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Dangerous waters
Peace on 70% of the water we drink it, bathe in it, grow food with its help, and simply exist because of it. But some very dangerous waters. We present you the list of lakes and rivers that can cause a person serious harm or even kill. Rio Tinto- one of rivers with the highest level of acidity, pH 2 at best, equal to about the level of acidity in the gastrointestinal tract of humans. That's enough to kill any fish that dares to swim in this river. In all likelihood the same faces and humans. The water is dangerous because of the special bacteria that live in it. These substances have been found on Mars, forcing scientists to think that perhaps the key to the mystery of the Red Planet is precisely in this river. While this is just a pipe dream, but no doubt you will be wary of Rio Tinto as well as an angry grizzly -ved and the river, and the animal are those for whom a pleasure to watch, but it is better not to touch.
Whoever came up with the name of this place, he did not have long to ponder: Boiling Lake lives up to its name. For the first time the lake found two Englishmen in 1870. Five years later, we were able to measure the temperature in the lake, which ranged from 82 to 91, 5 degrees Celsius. This alone is enough to cause burns, but it is the temperature at the edges of the lake. In the center of it is much higher, so that it can not be measured, even without having to measure not been cooked alive.
300 meters of the lake Kivu- a ticking time bomb. About 250 cubic kilometers of carbon dioxide and 65 cubic kilometers of methane hidden in the depths of the lake. It can flood all the surrounding villages, killing thousands of lives. As long as the gas is harmless, but enough of a volcanic eruption (and taking into account that many of them are located there, it could happen), gas rose to the surface, destroying all around.
Citarum is one of the most polluted rivers in the land. Because of the 500 factories located on the banks of the river, the lack of garbage collection systems and modern water system river filled with debris so that underneath it hardly see the water itself. This river can carry a lot of lives, but only our fault. And this is important waterway in the locality! Local water is used for drinking, bathing, and even cooking! But, unfortunately, they have no other choice. They currently own a bed bed and now they have to sleep on it.
Not pleasant to be infected with E. coli, and now imagine that floating in the water, which is teeming with them. That is the reality for many rivers in Johannesburg in South Africa, where the level of E. coli bacteria exceeds the allowable limit, in some places 240 times. This issue will not go away, as the representatives of the local governments actively deny it. Though when health experts say that drinking from the river means to expose their lives to mortal danger, it is probably worthwhile to listen to them ...
In too much water also is not good. Ask any resident of Virginia, who lives next to the river Blevoter that saw floods much more than anyone else in the last few years. After 60 years of peaceful existence Blackwater River overflowed and flooded the nearby town about six times over the past 10 years. Fortunately, until it caused the death of one of the residents, but it is only a matter of time if this will continue. And unfortunately, no one can say why Blekvotrer so often spills. But whatever the reason, the locals are going to find out, to finally stop worrying about the fact that everything they lived again will take a rapid flow of the river.
Tualatin River, in Oregon, is not the best place to go swimming with your pet: the animals die every year in the river because of the toxic blue-green algae. Algae, which are in fact no more than a deadly bacteria grow rapidly, filling the water deceptively beautiful turquoise color. Those unfortunates who plunged into the river, will be best to wait for the weakness and diarrhea, and at worst, paralysis and even death.
Like a supermodel who has hidden a bomb under a dress, Lake Karachay in Russia is beautiful, but deadly. It is the most radioactive body of water in the world. This is the main place of burial of nuclear waste from the 90s. The lake is so toxic that you can die without even touching the water. Just standing on the shore of the lake for about an hour you will get radiation in X-rays 600. For comparison, most people die from radiation in the 500 X-rays. Now every effort to solve this problem and in recent tests showed a low level of radiation, or lack thereof. Maybe in 500 years, people will even be able to swim in the lake. Maybe ...
Belle Fourche, not boiling, is not toxic and non-radioactive river, but still poses a great threat. It has already claimed several lives. In 2010, my father, along with his daughter and a friend drowned when their rapid rapids thrown out of the boat. A few years later they reported another case, which attracted nearly to the death of a person, again due to rapid currents and dangerous rapids. Though it is a river, and rarely attract media attention, yet it can be considered quite dangerous.
Although the majority of people, this river is known only that it is located in the Washington, DC, but the legendary river has another feature, it often takes the lives of people. From Great Falls to Chain Bridge the river forms a series of rapids and waterfalls that flow swirling carry the victim to 1, 5 km. Approximately 6 people per year gibnul in the waters of the Potomac River and more people are risking their lives, simply by playing on the banks of the river. It is so dangerous that the local authorities have launched a campaign to prevent the public, using the most comprehensible wording: "If you go into the river, then you die."
Translated specifically for fishki.net
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Source: listverse.com
Whoever came up with the name of this place, he did not have long to ponder: Boiling Lake lives up to its name. For the first time the lake found two Englishmen in 1870. Five years later, we were able to measure the temperature in the lake, which ranged from 82 to 91, 5 degrees Celsius. This alone is enough to cause burns, but it is the temperature at the edges of the lake. In the center of it is much higher, so that it can not be measured, even without having to measure not been cooked alive.
300 meters of the lake Kivu- a ticking time bomb. About 250 cubic kilometers of carbon dioxide and 65 cubic kilometers of methane hidden in the depths of the lake. It can flood all the surrounding villages, killing thousands of lives. As long as the gas is harmless, but enough of a volcanic eruption (and taking into account that many of them are located there, it could happen), gas rose to the surface, destroying all around.
Citarum is one of the most polluted rivers in the land. Because of the 500 factories located on the banks of the river, the lack of garbage collection systems and modern water system river filled with debris so that underneath it hardly see the water itself. This river can carry a lot of lives, but only our fault. And this is important waterway in the locality! Local water is used for drinking, bathing, and even cooking! But, unfortunately, they have no other choice. They currently own a bed bed and now they have to sleep on it.
Not pleasant to be infected with E. coli, and now imagine that floating in the water, which is teeming with them. That is the reality for many rivers in Johannesburg in South Africa, where the level of E. coli bacteria exceeds the allowable limit, in some places 240 times. This issue will not go away, as the representatives of the local governments actively deny it. Though when health experts say that drinking from the river means to expose their lives to mortal danger, it is probably worthwhile to listen to them ...
In too much water also is not good. Ask any resident of Virginia, who lives next to the river Blevoter that saw floods much more than anyone else in the last few years. After 60 years of peaceful existence Blackwater River overflowed and flooded the nearby town about six times over the past 10 years. Fortunately, until it caused the death of one of the residents, but it is only a matter of time if this will continue. And unfortunately, no one can say why Blekvotrer so often spills. But whatever the reason, the locals are going to find out, to finally stop worrying about the fact that everything they lived again will take a rapid flow of the river.
Tualatin River, in Oregon, is not the best place to go swimming with your pet: the animals die every year in the river because of the toxic blue-green algae. Algae, which are in fact no more than a deadly bacteria grow rapidly, filling the water deceptively beautiful turquoise color. Those unfortunates who plunged into the river, will be best to wait for the weakness and diarrhea, and at worst, paralysis and even death.
Like a supermodel who has hidden a bomb under a dress, Lake Karachay in Russia is beautiful, but deadly. It is the most radioactive body of water in the world. This is the main place of burial of nuclear waste from the 90s. The lake is so toxic that you can die without even touching the water. Just standing on the shore of the lake for about an hour you will get radiation in X-rays 600. For comparison, most people die from radiation in the 500 X-rays. Now every effort to solve this problem and in recent tests showed a low level of radiation, or lack thereof. Maybe in 500 years, people will even be able to swim in the lake. Maybe ...
Belle Fourche, not boiling, is not toxic and non-radioactive river, but still poses a great threat. It has already claimed several lives. In 2010, my father, along with his daughter and a friend drowned when their rapid rapids thrown out of the boat. A few years later they reported another case, which attracted nearly to the death of a person, again due to rapid currents and dangerous rapids. Though it is a river, and rarely attract media attention, yet it can be considered quite dangerous.
Although the majority of people, this river is known only that it is located in the Washington, DC, but the legendary river has another feature, it often takes the lives of people. From Great Falls to Chain Bridge the river forms a series of rapids and waterfalls that flow swirling carry the victim to 1, 5 km. Approximately 6 people per year gibnul in the waters of the Potomac River and more people are risking their lives, simply by playing on the banks of the river. It is so dangerous that the local authorities have launched a campaign to prevent the public, using the most comprehensible wording: "If you go into the river, then you die."
Translated specifically for fishki.net
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Source: listverse.com
