Excerpt from A Guide for Revegetating Coal Minesoils in the Eastern United States Perhaps the most serious impact of coal mining on the environment in the Eastern United States is the degradation and pollution of the water resource, especially in the mountainous Appalachian Region. Hydrologic patterns in mined areas are changed. Results of hydrologic studies have shown that during surface mining and before reestablishment of vegetation, the peak flows are higher in streams in mined watersheds than in unmined. Erosion on raw ex posed mined land contributes large quantities of sediment to streams and riv ers. The environment for aquatic life is drastically altered, and many of the fauna are killed. Where mined land is acid, streams are further polluted with chemical substances that are toxic to aquatic plants and animals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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