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Being hall a mile higher, the mountains receive much more add deposition (sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides) from the rain, snow, sleet, fog and particulate matter passing by these higher elevations than we do in the foothills.
Under normal conditions, water seeping into the ground at the park’s higher elevations takes an average of three years to flush through the soil to streams and down into Rappahannock County.
But, the ability of the soil in the park to absorb add deposition is being depleted, possibly permanently. This is not a good thing. The addity of soil affects the addity of the water getting into streams and rivers. It also affects the availability of plant nutrients in the soil.
The addity in the stream water <lpsr»>nding from the park increases or
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