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It's water soluble.
by seiferteric 4y ago
It's water soluble.
- marginalia_nu 4y agoSure, but why is it pulled sideways and not down, and why does it move toward the river of all directions it could move?
- Tyrannosaur 4y agoFor exactly the same reason the river exists in the first place. Why does the water flow to the ocean and not just sink into the ground?
- marginalia_nu 4y agoA lot of it does sink into the ground though. Thats how aquifiers replenish.
- lukas099 4y agoI think the percentage of fertilizer in the groundwater would reach an equilibrium where just as much is going out as is coming in.
- LarryMullins 4y agoWater from shallow aquifers also flows into nearby rivers.
- soperj 4y agoSome water is pulled down (along with the half of the fertilizer that's actually used), the rest is literally washed away because the soil can't absorb the amount of water being dropped on it. All the water that's flowing over the ground ends up in rivers (it's the reason they exist in the first place).
- seiferteric 4y agoSome of it does I am sure, where some will be consumed by soil bacteria. Lots of fertilizers are salts as well and even if it goes into the soil, rain will redissolve it where it will eventually make its way to rivers.