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Present concentration of nitrate (mg N/l) in rivers (left) and lakes (right) in European countries.
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The number of monitoring stations in each country is given in brackets
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- Albania
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
Figures are based on the most recent year for which data are available: this is 2005 for all countries except for Denmark (rivers: 2004), Bosnia and Herzegovina (lakes: 2004), and Serbia and Montenegro, France and Croatia (lakes: 2003). The data are based on total oxidised nitrogen in cases where nitrate data are missing.