The old sluice gate in disuse of an irrigation canal at the banks of the Ter River in Sant Quirze de Besora, province of Barcelona, northern Catalonia. The Ter is a Catalan river that rises in the Pyrenees and flows into the Mediterranean sea, hydroelectric production and industrial use are the main uses. The drought that Catalonia has been suffering since 2021 has caused the flow rate and ecological quality of the rivers to decrease and this has a negative impact on the biodiversity of the area, while the discharges into the river from treatment plants and industries remain the same but the p
The old sluice gate in disuse of an irrigation canal at the banks of the Ter River in Sant Quirze de Besora, province of Barcelona, northern Catalonia. The Ter is a Catalan river that rises in the Pyrenees and flows into the Mediterranean sea, hydroelectric production and industrial use are the main uses. The drought that Catalonia has been suffering since 2021 has caused the flow rate and ecological quality of the rivers to decrease and this has a negative impact on the biodiversity of the area, while the discharges into the river from treatment plants and industries remain the same but the pollutants they cannot be diluted in water and remain more concentrated there.
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Photo credit: © Jordi Boixareu / Alamy / Afripics
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