Acid rains and acidification in the pinegroves of height of slate Amistad Station
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The present work was developed in the Amistad Station in order to evaluating the acid rains and its relationship with the soil acidification processes. The observations of total deposition of the precipitations, show a majority percentage in days of rains, with values below 5,6 of pH (78,2 %) and the (74,8 %) in rain volume, as acid. Additionally the surface runoff waters were characterized and the relationship of the acidity of the rains was determined with the existence of a soil acidification process; showing an increment value of (0,102 keq • ha-1 year) of ions hydrogen. Social and environmentally the monitoring of these acid rains has a very positive impact, because it allows to minimize the noxious effects in the event of an increment of their concentrations, what impacts directly in the defoliation of our forests and cultivations in general.
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