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Status of nitrate in rivers in European countries
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Notes:
- This figure shows the current status of nitrates in rivers in European Countries.
- *: Kosovo (under UNSC Resolution 1244/99).
- The number of river monitoring sites per country is given in parenthesis.
- The current concentration per river site is calculated as the average of available annual mean concentrations for the years 2018-20. Concentrations are in mg nitrate-nitrogen per litre (mgNO3-N/l).
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nitrate-in-rivers-5.csv
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- Waterbase - Water Quality ICM, 2022, European Environment Agency (EEA)
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo (UNSCR 1244/99), Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
1992-2021
Methodology
The river monitoring sites are assigned to different concentration classes.