Disturbance causing waves in Mpivie river
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Disturbance causing waves in Mpivie river

The Mpivie is a blackwater river, so named for the color of the water. Blackwater results from the leaching of tannins from decaying plant leaves, which produce highly acidic water conditions.




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Photo by Rhett A. Butler.
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