Fig. 1: Setting with aerial imagery, multibeam bathymetry obtained during this study and sample locations. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 1: Setting with aerial imagery, multibeam bathymetry obtained during this study and sample locations.

From: Mud and organic content are strongly correlated with microplastic contamination in a meandering riverbed

Fig. 1

a Overview of the study area with the two studied bends and straight section in the meandering Lys River. Inset with indication of study area in Europe. b North Bend (NB) with location of the 5 sediment samples (pink dots). c South Bend (SB) with location of the 7 sediment samples (pink dots). d East Straight (ES) with location of the 6 sediment samples (pink dots). Bathymetric contours at 1 m. Map data: Google, ©2024 Maxar Technologies; imagery date: 21 July 2021.

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