12: Water
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- 12.2: Water in Nature
- Water 's influence on the world around us is affected by its unique properties some of which where discussed in the previous section. Without water, life might not be able to exist on Earth, and it certainly would not have the tremendous complexity and diversity that we see.
Thumbnail: Acid mine drainage in the Rio Tinto River. (Public Domain; Carol Stoker @ NASA via ).