stressed area along Nitra river from Zemianske Kostoľany to Partizánske offered valuable
information about contamination of agricultural soils. Significant arsenic contamination was
detected in alluvial soil of the Nitra river (extreme As values downwards the old coal-ash
pond up to 939 mg. kg-1). The content of As gradually decreased as for 46 mg. kg-1 in
dependence on the distance from old coal-ash pond. Similarly the content of Fe was …