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Descriptor English: Thermal Contamination
Descriptor Spanish: Contaminación Térmica
Descriptor contaminación térmica
Descriptor Portuguese: Contaminação Térmica
Descriptor French: Contamination Thermique
Tree number(s): SP4.606.806.175
Scope note: Contamination in rivers, lakes or seas, resulting from the release of water at a temperature many times above the average temperatures in these places, coming from the cooling system of a thermoelectric plant. Such warming, if maintained for long periods of time, can significantly alter the physical and chemical characteristics of the ecosystem, causing deaths of the living beings that inhabit the place. (Free translation from the original: https://bit.ly/30WUTHT)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Related: Centrales énergétiques MeSH
Contaminants Physiques DeCS
Lagunes de Refroidissement DeCS
Pollution de l'eau MeSH
Température MeSH
Température élevée MeSH
Énergie Thermique DeCS
DeCS ID: 32437
Unique ID: DDCS032437
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Contamination Thermique - Preferred
Concept UI FD00060382
Preferred term Contamination Thermique



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