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Dec. 19, 2025, 9:42 a.m.

Why Is the River Water Brown?

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Visitors often mistake the dark, tea-colored water of Northwoods rivers for being dirty. It isn't pollution; it's tannins. Much of the Northwoods is covered in peat bogs, tamarack swamps, and pine forests.

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