You know there is a river that feeds into the waters at the beach.There are animal pastures and croplands on land near the river which would not directly discharge waste into the river,but it could still run off and reach the river.You hypothesize if this is the cause of the water conditions at the beach,it would be considered:

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This type of pollution, where the waste or pollutants come from multiple, diffuse sources and are carried by runoff or other means to a common body of water, is known as nonpoint source pollution. It differs from point source pollution, which comes from a specific, identifiable source. Effluent pollution specifically refers to waste that is discharged from a source into a body of water, which does not seem to apply in this scenario.

You Know There Is a River That Feeds into the Waters