alleryStart learning →A power plant pours hot water into a river. Which pollution is this?
ANoise pollution
BVisual pollution
CThermal pollution
DSoil pollution
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Thermal pollution
A change in the temperature of a water body caused by people, such as hot coolant water, is thermal pollution.
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