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From: Evaluation of heavy metal contamination in copper mine tailing soils of Kitwe and Mufulira, Zambia, for reclamation prospects

Figure 2

An overview of Nkana slag dumpsites in Kitwe. (A) River borders the Nkana Slag Dumpsite. Therefore, the erosion due to rain and wind might contaminate the water flowing from the river. (B) The algae colonization of the wastewater closer to the Black Mountain. (C, D) the wastewater, stagnant grasses, and trees surviving in the leftovers of the slag dump. Images: Leonce, June 2021. (E) An aerial photograph showing sampling points in yellow numbered I to VII at Nkana tailing dam location (BM) and surrounding area, Google Earth Satellite Image system, January 2022.

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