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Rainwater

"water that falls to earth as precipitation from atmospheric humidity. It may contain undesirable quantities of nitrogen, sulphur and heavy metals which give rise to problems of ""acid rain""."

Source: United Nations, Glossary of Environment Statistics

   
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