Caption

Green carpet of plants on Lake Baldeney in Essen, proliferating aquatic plant Elodea, waterweed, an invasive species, the fast-growing aquatic plant proliferates on large parts of the Ruhr reservoir, increased water temperatures accelerate growth, leisure boat traffic is severely impaired, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Date

Aug 12, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jochen Tack

Reference

BRK25A01_489

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

161,4Mb (9,4Mb) / 20,4in x 30,7in / 6133 x 9200 (300dpi)

Keywords

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