Abstract:
Ecological and geographical map that characterizes the introduction and storage in the
natural or built environment of physical, chemical, and biological substances in concentrations
exceeding the natural (background) values and adversely affecting human health, fauna, flora,
and other components of the environment. Maps may reflect contamination of the earth,
atmosphere, surface water and groundwater, soils, vegetation, wildlife, and others. They show
the sources of pollution (solid waste, air emissions of gases and aerosols, drains and diversion of
utilities and others), pollution factors (impact of power plants, transportation, industrial
production, animal husbandry, and so on), distribution of natural and man-made pollutants
(mechanical, physical, chemical, biological), and others. The levels of pollution often
characterize the performance of exceeding the maximum permissible concentration (MPC), the
maximum permissible emissions (MPE), and other regulations.
