Example of What Happens After the Initial Pollution

A factory by a lake releases smoke into the air

Dry deposition from the smoke falls into the lake

The rest of the smoke rises up and forms acid rain in the atmosphere (see How Acid Rain is Formed)

The wind causes the acid rain cloud to travel

Acid rain falls on a forest and acid snow falls on a mountain

After all this, the lake is affected, the river is affected, the soil is affected and the vegetation is affected