China, Jiangsu, Qidong, Farmers clearing aquatic vegetation from a choked irrigation canal with bamboo poles.

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China, Jiangsu, Qidong, Farmers clearing aquatic vegetation from a choked irrigation canal with bamboo poles. They hope to catch any surviving fish in small mesh nets attached to some of the poles. The nutrients from agricultural runoff mainly fertilizer and pesticides is causing the eutrophication of water bodies across China and is a major problem. agriculture irrigation fertilizer pesticide eutrophication water bodies fishing farming bamboo China rural Asia dominant green Jiangsu men poles group Qidong trees straw hats waders canal canal bank crops rapeseed corn maize trees houses housing village dominant green Chinese Environment Environmental Pollution Polluted

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Size: 5210px × 3376px
Location: China, Jiangsu, Qidong, Farmers clearing aquatic vegetation from a choked irrigation canal
Photo credit: © Trevor Page / Alamy / Afripics
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