South Korea's Han River Basin (IMAGE)

Portland State University

South Korea's Han River Basin

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A new Portland State University study shows that even though water quality has improved in South Korea's Han River basin since the 1990s, there are still higher-than-acceptable levels of pollutants in some of the more urbanized regions in and around the capital Seoul.

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Courtesy of Heejun Chang

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