Vulnerability to Nitrate Occurrence in the Spring Waters of the Sila Massif (Calabria, Southern Italy).

Toxics · 2022 · PMC8950697 · PMID 35324762

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The mean water temperature of the analyzed springs is 10.51 °C with variability between 6–16 °C and a decreasing trend with altitude Z (m a.s.l.) according to the following correlation: (9) T ( ° C ) = − 0.0052 Z + 16.257 The thermal gradient of −0.0052 °C/m indicates the presence of relatively shallow aquifers, influenced by the external air temperature.

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