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Top 10 Dangerous Bodies of Water to Humans
Here are ten of the most dangerous bodies of water not fit for swimming or humans and will most likely kill you:
10. Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto is one of the most acidic bodies of water in the world, with a pH balance of 2, at best. This means the Rio Tinto is as strong as stomach acid and is more than powerful enough to kill the fish that dare to swim in it. Most likely, it would kill humansm as well. The river is famous for being the birthplace of both the Copper Age and Bronze Age. The Iberians and Tartessians in the area began mining the river in 3000 BCE, followed by the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Visigoths, and Moors. For centuries, the river’s mines were abandoned until rediscovered and operated by the Spaniards in the early 18th century.
9. Boiling Lake
Whichever person dubbed this place was certainly no fan of it and its dangers. Boiling Lake is exactly what it sounds like. It is situated in the Morne Trois Pitons National Park and is Dominica’s World Heritage site. Filled with a bubbling greyish-blue water that is quite often enveloped in a cloud of steam and vapor. The water temperature ranges from 82–92 °C with recorded the depth to be greater than 195 feet (59 m). Not the best place to go recreational!
8. Lake Nyos
Lake Nyos is a crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. It is dubbed as one of three ‘exploding’ on earth lakes where a pocket of magma leaks CO2 into the water and changes it to carbonic acid – a deadly chemistry to humans that go into this body of water. The largest asphyxiation (suffocation) of people by a natural event ever occurred when Lake Nyos exploded in 1986; killing 1,700 people. The Horseshoe lake is even worse and the people living in the valley near it are in big danger.
7. Mammoth Lakes/Horseshoe Lakes
Mammoth Lakes is often described as one of the most beautiful places to be, but there is to some extent, quite a major danger here that is worth noting. The town of Mammoth Lakes sits on the large Long Valley caldera (a geological feature somewhat like Yellowstone), which can erupt sometime in the near future. In the 1980′s, a series of quakes here made scientists worry that something might erupt- but nothing did as of today’s date. A road was constructed as a secondary evacuation route from Mammoth, but since the eruption never came, the road was left unused, and was eventually renamed “Mammoth Lakes Scenic Loop”.
6. Blackwater River
Too much water can be a bad thing, even if the water can’t kill you otherwise. Just ask the folks around Blackwater River in Virginia, who have seen the waters rise and attack far more than usual these past few years. After close to 60 years of normalcy, the Blackwater River has overflowed and flooded nearby towns six times in the past 10 years. No deaths have been reported, but it seems to be a matter of time before one is, unless the river is calmed down somehow.And unfortunately, nobody seems to know why the Blackwater is flooding so much. Several theories have arisen, such as too much asphalt along the lines that are supposed to soak up the water and the river being unable to drain properly due to extensive roadwork. Whatever the culprit is, the local townsfolk are eager to figure it out so they don’t have to worry about having their lives washed away again and again.
5. The Rivers Of Johannesburg
Catching E. coli is no fun under normal circumstances; now imagine you were literally swimming in the stuff. That’s the reality around various rivers in Johannesburg, South Africa, where the amount of E. coli bacteria in the water is way beyond acceptable levels. Some areas, like the nearby Cheetah Bridge, host 240 times more E. coli than what is considered healthy. The more fit-and-trim areas, such as Kaalspruit, only exceed the healthy limit by 190 times.The problem doesn’t appear to be going away, as the local government is in full denial about it. However, when health officials make it clear that drinking a particular bit of water could very well kill you, it’s probably not the worst idea to listen to them.
4. Lake of the Ozark
Lake of the Ozarks is considered the most dangerous lake in the United States and the fourth deadliest body of water in the world. There are several factors making this lake so dangerous. ranging from elevated ecoli levels due to raw sewage being dumped in the lake, lack of policing, careless dock wiring and careless racing boats among other reasons. Approximately 50 deaths occur each year and around 70% of them involve alcohol.
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